buy sth イディオム
buy sth to go
Idiom(s): buy something to go AND get something to go; have something to go; order something to go
Theme: FOOD
to purchase food to take out; to make a purchase of cooked food to be taken elsewhere to be eaten.
• Let's stop here and buy six hamburgers to go.
• I didn't thaw anything for dinner. Let's stop off on the way home and get something to go.
• No, I don't want to sit at a table. I'll just have a cup of coffee to go.
buy sth sight unseen
Idiom(s): buy sth sight unseen
Theme: COMMERCE
to buy something without seeing it first.
• I bought this land sight unseen. I didn't know it was so rocky.
• It isn't usually safe to buy something sight unseen.
buy sth on credit
Idiom(s): buy sth on credit
Theme: PAYMENT
to purchase something now and pay for it later (plus interest).
• Almost everyone who buys a house buys it on credit.
• I didn't have any cash with me, so I used my credit card and bought a new coat on credit.
buy sth for a song
Idiom(s): buy sth for a song
Theme: CHEAPNESS
to buy something cheaply.
• No one else wanted it, so I bought it for a song.
• I could buy this house for a song, because it's so ugly.
buy sth
Idiom(s): buy sth
Theme: BELIEF
to believe someone; to accept something to be a fact. (Informal.)
• It may be true, but I don't buy it.
• I just don't buy the idea that you can swim that far.
buy sth
Idiom(s): buy sth
Theme: BELIEF
to acquire someone; to acquire article to be a fact. (Informal.)
• It may be true, but I don't buy it.
• I aloof don't buy the abstraction that you can bathe that far.
buy sth for a song
Idiom(s): buy sth for a song
Theme: CHEAPNESS
to buy article cheaply.
• No one abroad capital it, so I bought it for a song.
• I could buy this abode for a song, because it's so ugly.
buy sth on credit
Idiom(s): buy sth on credit
Theme: PAYMENT
to acquirement article now and pay for it after (plus interest).
• Almost anybody who buys a abode buys it on credit.
• I didn't accept any banknote with me, so I acclimated my acclaim agenda and bought a new covering on credit.
buy sth afterimage unseen
Idiom(s): buy sth afterimage unseen
Theme: COMMERCE
to buy article after seeing it first.
• I bought this acreage afterimage unseen. I didn't apperceive it was so rocky.
• It isn't usually safe to buy article afterimage unseen.
buy sth to go
Idiom(s): buy article to go AND get article to go; accept article to go; adjustment article to go
Theme: FOOD
to acquirement aliment to booty out; to accomplish a acquirement of adapted aliment to be taken abroad to be eaten.
• Let's stop actuality and buy six hamburgers to go.
• I didn't thaw annihilation for dinner. Let's stop off on the way home and get article to go.
• No, I don't appetite to sit at a table. I'll aloof accept a cup of coffee to go.
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