| 单词 | to buy out of |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto buy out of —— to buy out of —— transitive (chiefly reflexive). To pay to release or relieve (a person) from captivity, a burden, obligation, punishment, military service, etc. Cf. to buy out at Phrasal verbs 1. Π 1651 tr. F. de Quintana Hist. Don Fenise 104 He endeavoured to justifie his innocence by reasons, and to buy himself out of their hands by money. 1785 S. Told Acct. Life 129 The kinsman having received his [legacy], bought himself out of the army. 1995 Accountancy Nov. 106/2 The tenant has bought itself out of the lease by paying the lessor company £300,000. 2004 Times Lit. Suppl. 28 May 27/1 He..had become something of a financial milch cow for successive popes through his ability to buy himself out of various convictions for sodomy and assault. < as lemmas |
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