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buy time
buy B0590450 (bī)v. bought (bôt), buy·ing, buys v.tr.1. To acquire in exchange for money or its equivalent; purchase. See Note at boughten.2. To be capable of purchasing: "Certainly there are lots of things in life that money won't buy" (Ogden Nash).3. To acquire by sacrifice, exchange, or trade: wanted to buy love with gifts.4. To bribe: tried to buy a judge.5. Informal To accept the truth or feasibility of: The officer didn't buy my lame excuse for speeding.v.intr. To purchase something; act as a purchaser.n.1. Something bought or for sale; a purchase.2. An act of purchasing: a drug buy.3. Something that is underpriced; a bargain.Phrasal Verbs: buy down To pay an upfront fee to reduce (an interest rate) over part or all of the term of a loan. buy into1. To acquire a stake or interest in: bought into a risky real estate venture.2. Informal To believe in, especially wholeheartedly or uncritically: couldn't buy into that brand of conservatism. buy off To bribe (an official, for example) in order to secure improper cooperation or gain exemption from a regulation or legal consequence. buy out To purchase the entire stock, business rights, or interests of. buy up To purchase all that is available of.Idioms: buy it Slang To be killed. buy the farm Slang To die, especially suddenly or violently. buy time To increase the time available for a specific purpose: "A moderate recovery thus buys time for Congress and the Administration to whittle the deficit" (G. David Wallace).
[Middle English bien, beyen, from Old English bycgan, byg-; akin to Gothic bugjan, from Germanic *bugjanan, of unknown origin.]
buy′a·ble adj.Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | buy time - act so as to delay an event or action in order to gain an advantagedelay, detain, hold up - cause to be slowed down or delayed; "Traffic was delayed by the bad weather"; "she delayed the work that she didn't want to perform" |
Translationsbuy time
buy timeTo stall or delay in order to gain more time to do something. A noun, pronoun, or reflexive pronoun can be used between "buy" and "time," as can words like "more" and "some." I'm so sorry I'm running late to the party, but I'm almost there now—buy me some time so that I don't miss the cake-cutting! It's just such a big decision. What can we say to the bank to buy more time?See also: buy, timebuy timeto postpone an event hoping that the situation will improve. You are just stalling to buy time. Maybe I can buy some time by asking the judge for a continuance.See also: buy, timebuy timeIncrease the time available for a specific purpose. For example, Renting an apartment buys them time to look around for a new house. See also: buy, timebuy (yourself) time If someone buys time or buys themselves time, they do something to give themselves more time. Knight was buying time while he considered his next move. He summoned the waiter, placed the order, and bought himself the time he needed.See also: buy, timebuy time adopt tactics which delay an event temporarily so as to have longer to improve your own position.See also: buy, timebuy ˈtime delay something that seems about to happen: This treatment can buy time for the patient, but I’m afraid it will not cure him.See also: buy, time buy time To increase the time available for a specific purpose: "A moderate recovery thus buys time for Congress and the Administration to whittle the deficit" (G. David Wallace).See also: buy, timeLegalSeeBuyFinancialSeebuybuy time
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