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Meaning of buy out from under | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C2

Definitions

  1. To purchase (something) that (somebody else) intends to buy.
    ditransitive
  2. To make a payment to escape from or cancel (a problem).
    transitive

Examples

“We better make an offer before somebody buys the house out from under us.”
“He bought out from under his legal problems.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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