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buy
verb- to gamble on a result higher than the bookmaker’s favoured spread UK
- The “spread” in spread-betting is a pair of values, usually a point or two apart, which represent the bookmaker’s favoured outcome. The investor has two choices: to bet higher, known as “buying”, or bet lower, known as “selling”. — David Bennet, Know Your Bets, p. 107, 2001
- to accept a fiction as truth UK
- He made a few subtle hints when we had that meeting and I bought his line. Didn’t see what was coming till he stabbed me in the back. — John Williams, Cardiff Dead, p. 235, 2000
- in poker, to draw a card or cards after the initial deal US
- — Albert H. Morehead, The Complete Guide to Winning Poker, p. 258, 1967
▶ buy a homestead
to be thrown from your horse CANADA- The expression is really a bit of a put-down and reveals the rivalry between ranchers and farmers. [It] implies that if you can’t [stay] on a horse, maybe you should give up riding and become a farmer now that you have bought a homestead face first. — Chris Thain, Cold as a Bay Street Banker’s Heart, p. 30, 1987
▶ buy a pot
in poker, to win a hand by betting so excessively as to drive all other players from the hand US- — Richard Jessup, The Cincinnati Kid, p. 21, 1963
▶ buy a pup
to be the victim of a swindle UK- — Angela Devlin, Prison Patter, p. 93, 1996
▶ buy a suit
to kill someone US
Referring to funeral attire.- Y’see what I’m saying? Now I gotta either watch my back constantly or buy you a fuckin’ suit right now. — Stephen Cannell, King Con, p. 25, 1997
▶ buy an orchard
in trucking, to drive off the road into trees or brush US- — Montie Tak, Truck Talk, p. 24, 1971
▶ buy some new shoes
to flee while released from custody on bail US- — Vincent J. Monteleone, Criminal Slang, p. 40, 1949
▶ buy the dick
to die US- — Eugene Landy, The Underground Dictionary, p. 43, 1971
▶ buy the farm
to die US, 1958- Whooie! Plenty dinks bought the fuken farm last night. — Larry Heinemann, Close Quarters, p. 230, 1977
- He was driving forty-five miles an hour and he bought the farm two miles inside the tunnel. — Richard Price, Clockers, p. 288, 1992
▶ buy the rack
in horse racing, to bet on every possible combination of winners in a Daily Double bet US- — Dan Parker, The ABC of Horse Racing, p. 144, 1947
▶ buy the ranch
to die US
A primary euphemism used by US soldiers in Vietnam.- How can I hide my girl’s pictures so no NVA ever puts his dirty commie gook hands on them if I buy the ranch? — Charles Anderson, The Grunts, p. 136, 1976
▶ buy you a suit
to bribe someone US- When someone “wants to buy you a suit” or “give you a hat” that means there is a payoff waiting for you if you overlook a violation of law, fail to do your job. — William J. Cavnitz, One Police Plaza, p. 81, 1984
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