"buy off on" meaning in All languages combined

See buy off on on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: buys off on [present, singular, third-person], buying off on [participle, present], bought off on [participle, past], bought off on [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|buy<,,bought> off on}} buy off on (third-person singular simple present buys off on, present participle buying off on, simple past and past participle bought off on)
  1. To consent to.

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1981 December 4, “Governors Plead For Aid”, in Bangor Daily News, Bangor ME:",
          "text": "You've got to understand this is what Stockman is proposing. The president hasn't bought off on it yet.",
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        {
          "ref": "1988 August 23, “Insurance Plan Gains Local Official's Praise”, in Lawrence Journal-World:",
          "text": "\"I feel very, very encouraged about the plan,\" she said. \"It seems to me that it will be a question of the legislature buying off on the cost of it.\"",
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        {
          "ref": "2003 December 18, “Toll on fast lanes takes a step ahead”, in The News Tribune, Tacoma WA:",
          "text": "Now they have to get the Legislature to buy off on the project and find $14 million to pay for its start-up costs.",
          "type": "quote"
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          "ref": "2010 July 15, “From Disaster to Catastrophe -- What's Obama's Endgame In the Gulf”, in Fox News:",
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