buy off
verb
bought off; buying off; buys off
1
: to induce to refrain (as from prosecution) by a payment or other consideration
2
: to free (as from military service) by payment
Examples of buy off in a Sentence
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Reading glasses are akin to buying off the rack, with just a few strengths to choose between.
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Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 3 Apr. 2024
The biggest changes are to stock window coverings bought off the shelf, which make up about 80% of the U.S. market.
—Suzy Khimm, NBC news, 20 Dec. 2023
Unlike the British and French attempt to buy off Adolf Hitler with territorial concessions, Kissinger and his presidents strove to contain their adversary’s expansion.
—Niall Ferguson, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
One rule makes the 2018 voluntary standard official for stock window coverings: All products bought off the shelf must be cordless, have inaccessible operating cords or have operating cords limited to 8 inches.
—Suzy Khimm, NBC news, 20 Dec. 2023
Those who publicly criticized the IT system were threatened with legal action or bought off in nondisclosure agreements.
—Madeleine Kearns, National Review, 12 Jan. 2024
The Libyan Coast Guard is cruel and easily bought off with bribes; indeed, some Coast Guard officers have sold migrants back to traffickers—or imprisoned, abused, and extorted them in compounds much like Kidane’s.
—Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2023
But as detailed in the YouTube video, the one bought off eBay only has two inductors, as well as a large electrolytic capacitor, but a lot less circuitry overall.
—Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 9 Nov. 2023
Others accuse the company of buying off town board members in Seneca Falls via large campaign expenditures on behalf of landfill-friendly candidates by a group known as Responsible Solutions for New York.
—Jesse McKinley Lauren Petracca, New York Times, 17 Sep. 2023
Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 3 Apr. 2024
The biggest changes are to stock window coverings bought off the shelf, which make up about 80% of the U.S. market.
—Suzy Khimm, NBC news, 20 Dec. 2023
Unlike the British and French attempt to buy off Adolf Hitler with territorial concessions, Kissinger and his presidents strove to contain their adversary’s expansion.
—Niall Ferguson, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
One rule makes the 2018 voluntary standard official for stock window coverings: All products bought off the shelf must be cordless, have inaccessible operating cords or have operating cords limited to 8 inches.
—Suzy Khimm, NBC news, 20 Dec. 2023
Those who publicly criticized the IT system were threatened with legal action or bought off in nondisclosure agreements.
—Madeleine Kearns, National Review, 12 Jan. 2024
The Libyan Coast Guard is cruel and easily bought off with bribes; indeed, some Coast Guard officers have sold migrants back to traffickers—or imprisoned, abused, and extorted them in compounds much like Kidane’s.
—Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2023
But as detailed in the YouTube video, the one bought off eBay only has two inductors, as well as a large electrolytic capacitor, but a lot less circuitry overall.
—Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 9 Nov. 2023
Others accuse the company of buying off town board members in Seneca Falls via large campaign expenditures on behalf of landfill-friendly candidates by a group known as Responsible Solutions for New York.
—Jesse McKinley Lauren Petracca, New York Times, 17 Sep. 2023
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