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bought time

bought time is the simple past and past participle of buy time.

Meaning of buy time

Verb

buy time (third-person singular simple present buys time, present participle buying time, simple past and past participle bought time)

  1. (idiomatic) To purposefully cause a delay, in order to achieve something else.
    • We need you to buy us some time, so distract the security guard for a few minutes.

Questions about bought time

What is bought time the simple past and past participle of?
Bought time is the simple past and past participle of buy time.

Words near bought time in the dictionary

  1. bought the dips
  2. bought the farm
  3. bought the rabbit
  4. bought the rack
  5. bought the rumor
  6. bought time
  7. bought to let
  8. bought up
  9. bought with one's ears
  10. bought wolf tickets
  11. boughten

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