To buy out somebody or something (or buy somebody or something out) is to buy all or part of a company or business from somebody else.
Examples of use:
a) We’ve just signed a deal to buy them out for $2 million.
b) My business partner wanted to retire so I bought her out.
c) If you want total control of the business, why don’t you try buying him out?
d) News headline: Railway Engineering Company bought out by Hitachi
e) News headline: THQ Bought Out For $60 Million
infinitive |
buy out |
present simple |
buy out and buys out |
-ing form |
buying out |
past simple |
bought out |
past participle |
bought out |
Can you find a news headline which uses this phrasal verb (online or in a newspaper)?
And can you write your own sentence using this phrasal verb?
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Image from the Telegraph.co.uk