buy into

buy into
verb
buy stocks or shares of a company
Topics: ↑investing, ↑investment
Hypernyms: ↑invest, ↑put, ↑commit, ↑place
Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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buy into [phrasal verb]
buy into (something)
1 : to pay money in order to own part of (something, such as a company or sports team)

Investors are buying into Internet companies.

2 : to accept or believe (something) as true

The book teaches kids not to buy into the notion that money brings happiness.

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Main Entry:buy

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  • Buy into — choose to become involved in: buy into an argument …   Dictionary of Australian slang

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  • ˌbuy ˈinto sth — phrasal verb informal to start to believe something that a lot of other people believe You don t buy into all this nonsense, do you?[/ex] …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

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