Vocab Bloom Hub

buy off

/baɪ ɒf/

Traduction: Verbe à particule signifiant payer quelqu'un pour qu'il cesse de poser problème ou pour gagner sa coopération, souvent au moyen d'un pot-de-vin.

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/baɪ ɒf/B2formal
  • frVerbe à particule signifiant payer quelqu'un pour qu'il cesse de poser problème ou pour gagner sa coopération, souvent au moyen d'un pot-de-vin.

A phrasal verb meaning to pay someone to stop causing trouble or to gain their cooperation, often through bribery.

indénombrable · transitif · phrasal, séparable

  1. Bribeinformal

    To pay someone to stop them from causing trouble or to gain an unfair advantage.

    frsoudoyer

    • The company tried to buy off the inspector to avoid a fine.
    • He attempted to buy off the witness before the trial.
    • Corrupt officials were bought off by the construction firm.

    Synonymesbribecorruptfixgreaseoilpay offsquaresuborn

Formes
  • bought off past participle
  • bought off past simple
  • buying off present participle
  • buys off third person singular

Verbe de basebuy

Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

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