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Synonyms

buy into

British  

verb

  1. to agree with or accept as valid (an argument, theory, etc)

  2. informal to get involved in (an argument, fight, etc)

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buy into Idioms  

  1. Purchase a membership, a share, or an interest in something. For example, I'd love to buy into this partnership, but I can't afford it. [First half of 1600s]

Example Sentences

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Fifty years ago, Steve Wozniak knew he built a great personal computer, but the young engineer couldn’t convince his employer, Hewlett-Packard, to buy into the big idea.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

That means an investor can cash out of a private fund and then buy into a similar public fund that’s selling for 25% less.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

Dahlia Lithwick: You start the book by just staking out this elaborate mythology that we all seem to buy into about how migration worked throughout American history.

From Slate • Mar. 16, 2026

Some investors are seizing on the current stampede out of private credit as a chance to buy into funds at significant discounts to reported net assets.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 12, 2026

She didn’t buy into fearmongering and at the same time seemed equally inoculated against any sort of pie-in-the-sky idealism.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

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