| 词组 | buy off |
| 释义 | Phr V buy off buys, buying, bought buy off sb or buy sb off to pay someone money so that they do not cause you any troubleoften + withStrikers were bought off with big wage settlements. buy off sb • buy sb off to pay someone money or give them something that they want, in order to stop them causing trouble or threatening you: In the US employers tried to buy off the unions by offering them higher and higher wage settlements. Chamberlain and Daladier believed they could buy Hitler off by letting him have Austria and Czechoslovakia. buy offTo pay someone to coerce them into doing something. A noun or pronoun can be used between "buy" and "off." Don't worry, the doorman won't say anything—I bought him off. Her campaign for mayor will be ruined if the public learns how many people she's bought off over the years. buy someone offto bribe someone to ignore what one is doing wrong. Do you think you can buy her off? The mobster tried to buy off the jury. buy offPay to get rid of a claim or opposition, or to avoid prosecution, as in He was caught trying to buy off the opposing candidate. [First half of 1600s] buy offv. To bribe someone in order to ensure cooperation: I didn't get a speeding ticket because I bought off the police officer. The mobster avoided jail by buying the judge off. |
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