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lets the buyer beware

lets the buyer beware is the third-person singular simple present indicative of let the buyer beware.

Meaning of let the buyer beware

Verb

let the buyer beware (third-person singular simple present lets the buyer beware, present participle letting the buyer beware, simple past and past participle let the buyer beware)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) It is the buyer’s responsibility to ensure the soundness of goods or services prior to their purchase.
    • Why ſhould his own error bind him, rather then the others fraud acquit him? Let the buyer beware, ſaith the old Law-beaten termer.1645 March 4, John Milton, “Tetrachordon, or Expoſitions upon the four chief place of Scripture which treat of Marriage, or Nullities in Marriage”, in A Complete Collection of the Hiſtorical...

Questions about lets the buyer beware

What is lets the buyer beware the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Lets the buyer beware is the third-person singular simple present indicative of let the buyer beware.

Words near lets the buyer beware in the dictionary

  1. lets someone go
  2. lets someone have it
  3. lets someone loose
  4. lets something ride
  5. lets something slip
  6. lets the buyer beware
  7. lets the cat out
  8. lets the cat out of the bag
  9. lets the cat out the bag
  10. lets the chips fall where they may
  11. lets the devil out

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