(buy into something) businessto buy part of a business, especially in order to get control of it
Moves to buy into other companies have failed.
Synonyms and related words
To buy something
buy
get
purchase
2
(buy into something) informalto start to do something that a lot of other people are doing, or to believe something that a lot of other people believe
You don’t buy into all this nonsense, do you?
Synonyms and related words
To start doing something
start on
begin
set about
buy into
phrasal verb transitive
Word Forms
present tense
I/you/we/they
buy into
he/she/it
buys into
present participle
buying into
past tense
bought into
past participle
bought into
DEFINITIONS2
1
(buy into something) businessto buy part of a business, especially in order to get control of it
Moves to buy into other companies have failed.
Synonyms and related words
To buy something
buy
get
purchase
2
(buy into something) informalto start to do something that a lot of other people are doing, or to believe something that a lot of other people believe