buy into

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buy into

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From buy + into.

verb buys into · buying into · bought into

  1. idiomatic To believe (something, especially something implausible); to accept (a craze, fad, or notion) as valid. I don't buy into all this propaganda.

    Similar: fall for

  2. To buy stocks or shares of (a business). We bought into a local electrical firm.

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verb believe

Españolcreérselo, comprar, tragar
Françaismarcher
Deutschabkaufen, abnehmen
Italianobersela
Русскийпокупа́ться pokupátʹsja, купи́ться kupítʹsja

verb buy stocks or shares of (a business)

DeutschAnteile kaufen

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@misc{buy_into_2026,
  title = {buy into},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/buy%20into},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}