buy it

verb

To die.

“He bought it in a shootout.”

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Meanings

verbbuy it (third-person singular simple present buys it, present participle buying it, simple past and past participle bought it)

present singular third person buys it · participle present buying it · participle past bought it · past bought it

  1. euphemisticslangTo die.

    He bought it in a shootout.

    Synonyms: buy the farm, kick the bucket, assume room temperature, auger in, be called home, be gathered to one's fathers, be like the the One, be no more

  2. idiomaticslangTo believe any particular assertion or idea; to support it.

    He claims that he'll pay me back, but I don't buy it.

    2 more examples

    He was claiming that he'd pay her back, but she wasn't buying it.

    He had been talking up a storm about diversification of assets, and clearly they had bought it.

    Synonyms: have it

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo die.

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buy the farmkick the bucketassume room temperatureauger inbe called homebe gathered to one's fathersbe like the the Onebe no morebe with Jesusbe with the Lordbite the big onebite the biscuitbite the dustbuy the farmcark itcash incash in one's chipscheck outclose one's eyes for the last time

verbTo believe any particular assertion or idea; to support it.

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have it

More synonyms by meaning

verbbe killed or die

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pip out
Broader
diedeceaseperish
Also see
be gathered to one's fathersbite the big onebuy the big onebuy the farmcash incross the styxdarkendeceasediedrop off the hooksexitexpiregive one's allgive up the ghostgogo the way of the dodohave itkick the bucketlose one's lifepasspass onperishshuffle off this mortal coilsink

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

* In the die sense, apparently attested since the 1820s, thus earlier than the variant buy the farm, which may be an extension of it. * In the have it sense, an elliptical allusion to believing a sales pitch.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with buy it

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APA

buy it. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buy%20it

MLA

“buy it.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buy%20it. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “buy it,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buy%20it.

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