buy it

== English == === Etymology === In the die sense, apparently attested since the 1820s, thus earlier than the variant buy the farm, which may be an extension of it. In the have it sense, an elliptical allusion to believing a sales pitch. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -aɪət === Verb === buy it (third-person singular simple present buys it, present participle buying it, simple past and past participle bought it) (slang, euphemistic) To die. Synonyms: buy the farm, kick the bucket; see also Thesaurus:die (slang, idiomatic) To believe any particular assertion or idea; to support it. Synonym: have it Hyponym: buy into it ==== Usage notes ==== The die sense is usually used in the preterite and in the perfect aspect (denoting notionally instantaneous finality).