buy off
Example Sentences
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Is this a reasonable amount, or just enough to buy off the powerful bike lobby?
From Seattle Times ● May 15, 2024
Pecker testified—as Cohen will—that Pecker, Trump, and Cohen agreed in late 2015 to buy off and kill salacious stories that could damage Trump’s campaign.
From Slate ● May 8, 2024
Nothing you buy off the rack is going to be perfect.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2023
But these groups also target non-English speakers, presuming that they'd rather buy off the caller who claims to be with the cops instead of attracting undesired attention.
From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2023
For just a few dollars each day, parents could buy off their guilt.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
