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buy into

verb

  1. subscribe to an idea/fad
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Wiktionary

verb

Etymology: From buy + into.

  1. To believe (something, especially something implausible); to accept (a craze, fad, or notion) as valid.

    I don't buy into all this propaganda.

    The truth is I never bought into your bullshit

  2. To buy stocks or shares of (a business).

    We bought into a local electrical firm.