bought off
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Or her Delhi architecture school days, when she was too broke for jewellery and wore "cow beads" - fat glass beads strung across cow horns, bought off herdsmen near the hostel.
From BBC • Sep. 4, 2025
Rogers, who owns a jewelry business, said they have always used a kit bought off the internet.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 20, 2024
They do not want either group to be bought off, or materially rewarded for the opinions they deliver.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 28, 2023
Fall semester, I was worrying about essays being bought off the internet—hard to police, but usually so off-topic that students do poorly anyway.
From Slate • May 4, 2023
Once the boards are back in place, Mrs. Bessermann slides under that bed, while Siunek crawls beneath the new one I bought off a junk cart five days ago.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
