buy it

phrase

variants or buy the farm

: to get killed : die

Examples of buy it in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Even when off-the-shelf software fit badly, most companies still bought it because the alternative was too expensive to justify. — Andrew Siemer, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

The market didn’t buy it, however, and the firm’s value has more than doubled since. — Charlie Campbell, Time, 18 Aug. 2026

Martha Latta, who goes by Tim, and her husband, John, bought it 13 years ago, drawn by the property’s vintage charm. — Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Aug. 2026

This is indeed just the sort of person who would discover his childhood home was for sale, buy it, and move back in. — Chris Ware, The New York Review of Books, 12 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1920, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for buy it

• acquit
• admit
• armpit
• backlit
• befit
• cockpit
• commit
• dalit
• dendrite
• emit
• illite
• misfit