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buy into sth phrasal verb ( BUSINESS )
phrasal verb
Definition
to buy a part of a business in order to have some control over it
McDowell was trying to buy into the newspaper business.
(Definition of buy into sth (BUSINESS) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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- buxom adjective
- buy verb (PAY FOR)
- buy verb (BELIEVE)
- buy noun
- buy into sth (BELIEVE)
- buy into sth (BUSINESS)
- buy sb off
- buy sb out
- buy sth in
- buy sth up
- buy time
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