"buy wolf tickets" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: buys wolf tickets [present, singular, third-person], buying wolf tickets [participle, present], bought wolf tickets [participle, past], bought wolf tickets [past]
Etymology: See sell wolf tickets. Etymology templates: {{m|en|sell wolf tickets}} sell wolf tickets Head templates: {{en-verb|buy<,,bought> wolf tickets}} buy wolf tickets (third-person singular simple present buys wolf tickets, present participle buying wolf tickets, simple past and past participle bought wolf tickets)
  1. (African-American Vernacular) To call the bluff of, or respond to the threats or boasts of, someone who has been selling wolf tickets. Synonyms: buy woof tickets Coordinate_terms: sell wolf tickets

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