buy down
To reduce a mortgage interest rate by means of a buydown.
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buy in
To accept an idea as valid; to join in on a concept.
buy nice or buy twice
Synonym of buy cheap, buy twice.
buy off
To pay off, convince to refrain etc. by corrupt payment or other service.
buy off on
To consent to.
buy out from under
To purchase (something) that (somebody else) intends to buy.
buy over
To gain the support of (a person) through bribery.
buy the dip
To purchase a financial asset after its market value drops.
buy the rabbit
To get the worst of a bargain.
buy the rumor, sell the fact
One should purchase an asset based on positive speculation before an expected positive event, and then sell it once the event occurs for a profit, as the price often falls after the news breaks, because the anticipation has already elevated the asset price.
buy the rumor, sell the news
One should purchase assets based on unconfirmed speculation or anticipation of positive developments, then sell upon official confirmation.
buy the same horse twice
(in a negotiation) To trade or make concessions for something that has already been agreed upon.
buy wolf tickets
To call the bluff of, or respond to the threats or boasts of, someone who has been selling wolf tickets.
buying temperature
A woman's level of attraction and responsiveness to a potential suitor.
buzz about
To run around or scurry around.
buzz in
To open a remote-controlled door to allow (a person) to enter after sounding the doorbell or buzzer.
buzz up
To allow entrance into a building from a higher floor by triggering an electronic lock.
buzzard
In North America, a curmudgeonly or cantankerous man; an old person; a mean, greedy person.
buzzard bait
Dead meat; a corpse.
buzzed
Slightly intoxicated.
buzzer
A police badge.
buzzie
A hand-held pneumatic drill used in mining.
buzzin' dozen
The Detroit Diesel 12V71, 12V92, or 12V149 engine.
buzzing
Very happy; full of joyful excitement.
buzzkiller
Synonym of buzzkill.
buzzsaw
Someone or something that makes a loud, harsh, grinding or rasping noise, like that of a circular saw.
BW
Initialism of Pokémon Black and White.
BW2
Initialism of Pokémon Black 2 and White 2.
bwahaha
Alternative form of muahahaha.
bwana
Big boss, important person.
BWC
Initialism of big white cock.
by and large
On the whole.
by hook or by crook
By fair or foul means.
by the book
Strictly according to the rules.
by the seat of one's pants
To achieve through instinct or to do something without advance preparation.
by the skin of one's teeth
Narrowly; barely. Usually used in regard to a narrow escape from a disaster.
by-blow
An illegitimate child; a child of an unknown or unmarried father.
bye, Felicia
Used as an abrupt sarcastic dismissal of somebody who is present.
byler
The ship (romantic pairing) of characters William "Will" Byers and Michael "Mike" Wheeler from the television series Stranger Things.
bytesexual
Capable of operating in either big-endian or little-endian mode.
ba ba ấp bóng
doing something that is futile and pointless
ba bảy hai mươi mốt
Three sevens are twenty-one — saying it both ways at once; arithmetic for the noncommittal.
ba bị chín quai mười hai con mắt
Ba Bị of the nine straps and twelve eyes — the sack-carrying bogeyman parents summon at bedtime.
ba chớp ba nhảng
Careless and inattentive; doing things in a sloppy, half-focused way that invites mistakes.
ba cái
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ba, cái.
ba hoa chích choè
Chattering like a magpie-robin — rattling on about nothing in particular.
ba hoa thiên địa
Blathering heaven-and-earth — bragging on about everything under the sky.
ba la bô lô
Babbling bô-lô-ba-la — rattling on in cheerful, meaningless streams.
ba mươi chưa phải là Tết
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ba mươi, chưa, phải, là, Tết.
ba mươi tuổi, sáu mươi quen
Thirty years old, sixty acquaintances deep — each year of age compounds the ledger of faces.
ba que xỏ lá
cheating and caddish; wicked and malicious; deceitful; roguish
ba thước đất
Three feet of earth — the grave; the one holding everyone is measured for.
ba vua bẩy chúa
Choose the person before consigning the goods — custody follows character.
ba vuông bảy tròn
Three squares and seven rounds — shapely in every regard; complete and without blemish.
ba vuông bẩy tròn
First crime, second debt — the two great millstones of a small life.
ba vạn sáu nghìn ngày là mấy
Thirty-six thousand days — and that's the whole of it; a life counted out loud.
ba vợ bẩy nàng hầu
Three wives and seven concubines — the old polygamous estate at full head-count.
ba đầu sáu tay
Three heads and six arms — powers several men's worth in one body.
ban ngày ban mặt
In broad daylight — openly, where everyone can see; usually said in indignation.
bang môn lộng phủ
Swinging an axe at Ban's own door — flaunting a skill before its master.