Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

buy it

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.31 in modern English

Syllables: buy it
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To die.

Slang

verb

To believe any particular assertion or idea; to support it.

Slang

Example Sentences

"He bought it in a shootout."
"He claims that he'll pay me back, but I don't buy it."
"He was claiming that he'd pay her back, but she wasn't buying it."
"He had been talking up a storm about diversification of assets, and clearly they had bought it."

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.

Usage

Slang

Inflected Forms

buys it (present, singular) buying it (participle, present) bought it (participle, past) bought it (past)

Synonyms

buy the farm kick the bucket assume room temperature auger in be called home be gathered to one's fathers be like the the One be no more be with Jesus be with the Lord bite the big one bite the biscuit

Rhymes With

quiet diet riot wyatt hyatt disquiet hiatt unquiet striate ryot pyet pyot

Questions

What does buy it mean?: To die.
Where does buy it come from?: * 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.

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