buy off

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to pay an influential person to obtain a favor or stop their opposition

   Phrasal verb · Separable

   buy someone off / buy off someone

   Usage: The object is the person bribed: buy an official off, buy off an official. Pronouns go between the words: buy them off.

   The investigation found that the contractor had tried to buy off a local official.

   Sources and attribution

   OpenAI Codex authors; independent AI editorial review recorded in the corpus review archive. — Original project editorial material; cleared for The Missing Workbook

   • The Missing Workbook: original construction review

   The investigation found that the contractor had tried to buy off a local official.

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