buy the rabbit in English

Forms: buys the rabbit [present, singular, third-person], buying the rabbit [participle, present], bought the rabbit [participle, past], bought the rabbit [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: According to Hotten: from an old story about a man selling a cat to a foreigner as a rabbit. Head templates: {{en-verb|buy<,,bought> the rabbit}} buy the rabbit (third-person singular simple present buys the rabbit, present participle buying the rabbit, simple past and past participle bought the rabbit)

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  "etymology_text": "According to Hotten: from an old story about a man selling a cat to a foreigner as a rabbit.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "buys the rabbit",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "buying the rabbit",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bought the rabbit",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bought the rabbit",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1895, Horace White, Money and Banking, page 253",
          "text": "This is ruffian-like, by superiority of numbers to endeavor to make honest people buy the rabbit.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To get the worst of a bargain."
      ],
      "id": "en-buy_the_rabbit-en-verb-UcZ0ZsAr",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK, slang, archaic) To get the worst of a bargain."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "archaic",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "buy the rabbit"
}

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{
  "etymology_text": "According to Hotten: from an old story about a man selling a cat to a foreigner as a rabbit.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "buys the rabbit",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "buying the rabbit",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bought the rabbit",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bought the rabbit",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "buy<,,bought> the rabbit"
      },
      "expansion": "buy the rabbit (third-person singular simple present buys the rabbit, present participle buying the rabbit, simple past and past participle bought the rabbit)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English slang",
        "English terms with archaic senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1895, Horace White, Money and Banking, page 253",
          "text": "This is ruffian-like, by superiority of numbers to endeavor to make honest people buy the rabbit.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To get the worst of a bargain."
      ],
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        "(UK, slang, archaic) To get the worst of a bargain."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "archaic",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "buy the rabbit"
}

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"buy the rabbit" meaning in English

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