buy out from under

先を越して買う

買おうとしていた人に先んじて、その物を買うこと。

やさしい英語で： To buy something before another person who was planning to buy it can do so.

• Someone bought the house out from under us.
• She bought the car out from under another buyer.
• Could a rival buy the property out from under you?

使い方： buy something out from under someone (Another buyer bought the flat out from under us.)

よく使う表現： buy something out from under someone, buy a house out from under someone

金を払って逃れる

お金を払って、問題や義務から逃れること。

やさしい英語で： To pay money so that you no longer have to face a problem or obligation.

• She bought out from under her contract.
• He hoped to buy out from under his legal problems.
• They bought out from under the obligation with a final payment.

使い方： buy out from under something (He bought out from under the contract by paying a fee.)

類義語： buy out of, pay to escape

よく使う表現： buy out from under a debt, buy out from under a contract