"buy it" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-buy it.ogg Forms: buys it [present, singular, third-person], buying it [participle, present], bought it [participle, past], bought it [past]
Etymology: * In the die sense, apparently attested since the 1820s, thus earlier than the variant buy the farm, which may be an extension of it. * In the have it sense, an elliptical allusion to believing a sales pitch. 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, die
    Sense id: en-buy_it-en-verb-en:to_die Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with placeholder "it", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 63 37 Disambiguation of English terms with placeholder "it": 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 72 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 71 29
  2. To believe any particular assertion or idea. Synonyms: have it
    Sense id: en-buy_it-en-verb-en:to_believe_an_assertion Categories (other): English terms with placeholder "it" Disambiguation of English terms with placeholder "it": 46 54

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "* In the die sense, apparently attested since the 1820s, thus earlier than the variant buy the farm, which may be an extension of it.\n* In the have it sense, an elliptical allusion to believing a sales pitch.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "buys it",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "buying it",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bought it",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bought it",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "buy<,,bought> it"
      },
      "expansion": "buy it (third-person singular simple present buys it, present participle buying it, simple past and past participle bought it)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "63 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "46 54",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "72 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "71 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He bought it in a shootout.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To die."
      ],
      "id": "en-buy_it-en-verb-en:to_die",
      "links": [
        [
          "die",
          "die#Verb"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) To die."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:to die"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "buy the farm"
        },
        {
          "word": "kick the bucket"
        },
        {
          "word": "die"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "46 54",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms with placeholder \"it\"",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He claims that he'll pay me back, but I don't buy it.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "He was claiming that he'd pay her back, but she wasn't buying it.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To believe any particular assertion or idea."
      ],
      "id": "en-buy_it-en-verb-en:to_believe_an_assertion",
      "senseid": [
        "en:to believe an assertion"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "have it"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "audio": "En-au-buy it.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/75/En-au-buy_it.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "buy it"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English terms with placeholder \"it\"",
    "English verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "* In the die sense, apparently attested since the 1820s, thus earlier than the variant buy the farm, which may be an extension of it.\n* In the have it sense, an elliptical allusion to believing a sales pitch.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "buys it",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "buying it",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bought it",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bought it",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "buy<,,bought> it"
      },
      "expansion": "buy it (third-person singular simple present buys it, present participle buying it, simple past and past participle bought it)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English slang",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He bought it in a shootout.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To die."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "die",
          "die#Verb"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) To die."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:to die"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "buy the farm"
        },
        {
          "word": "kick the bucket"
        },
        {
          "word": "die"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He claims that he'll pay me back, but I don't buy it.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "He was claiming that he'd pay her back, but she wasn't buying it.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To believe any particular assertion or idea."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:to believe an assertion"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "have it"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "En-au-buy it.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/75/En-au-buy_it.ogg/En-au-buy_it.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/75/En-au-buy_it.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "buy it"
}

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