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buying into

buying into is the present participle and gerund of buy into.

Meaning of buy into

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To believe (something, especially something implausible); to accept (a craze, fad, or notion) as valid.
    • I don't buy into all this propaganda.
    Synonyms:
    fall for
  2. To buy stocks or shares of (a business).
    • We bought into a local electrical firm.

Questions about buying into

What is buying into the present participle and gerund of?
Buying into is the present participle and gerund of buy into.

Words near buying into in the dictionary

  1. buying back
  2. buying down
  3. buying guide
  4. buying guides
  5. buying in
  6. buying into
  7. buying it
  8. buying off
  9. buying off on
  10. buying out
  11. buying out from under

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Adapted from Wiktionary: buying into (page history and authors); buy into (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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