buy out from under
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.14 in modern English
26
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To purchase (something) that (somebody else) intends to buy.
Example Sentences
- "We better make an offer before somebody buys the house out from under us."
- "He bought out from under his legal problems."