"buy it" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-buy it.ogg [Australia] Forms: buys it [present, singular, third-person], buying it [participle, present], bought it [participle, past], bought it [past]
Etymology: Likely a variant of buy the farm. Etymology templates: {{m|en|buy the farm}} buy the farm Head templates: {{en-verb|buy<,,bought> it}} buy it (third-person singular simple present buys it, present participle buying it, simple past and past participle bought it)
  1. (slang) To die. Tags: slang Synonyms: buy the farm, kick the bucket

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for buy it meaning in All languages combined (1.9kB)

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