buy off

rüşvet vermek

Birine para veya çıkar sağlayarak karşı çıkmasını engellemek ya da istediğini yaptırmak.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To give someone money or favors so they stop opposing you or do what you want.

• You cannot buy me off.
• The company bought off several officials.
• Did they offer enough money to buy him off?

Nasıl kullanılır: buy someone off (They tried to buy the witness off.)

Eş anlamlılar: bribe, pay off

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: buy off someone, buy off witnesses

para ödeyerek askerlikten çıkarmak

Para ödeyerek birinin askerlik hizmetinden ayrılmasına izin verilmesini sağlamak.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To pay money so someone is allowed to leave military service.

• Her father paid to buy her brother off.
• Wealthy families sometimes bought their sons off.
• Could a soldier afford to buy himself off?

Nasıl kullanılır: buy someone off (His family bought him off before his next posting.)

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: buy off someone, buy off soldiers