Buy and Grasp

Buy

Buy verb - To get possession of (something) by giving money in exchange for.

Grasp and buy are semantically related in obtain topic. In some cases you can use "Grasp" instead a verb "Buy".

Nearby Words: buyer, buying

Grasp

Grasp verb - To have a practical understanding of.

Buy and grasp are semantically related in obtain topic. Sometimes you can use "Buy" instead a verb "Grasp".

Nearby Words: grasping, grasped, grasper

How words are described

good good buy good grasp
full full buy full grasp
best best buy best grasp
real real buy real grasp
Other adjectives: bad.

Common collocations

weapon buy weapon grasp weapon
sword buy sword grasp sword

Both words in one sentence

  • Film / It Happened One Night Spoiled Brat: Ellie is so spoiled that she can't grasp the concept of a budget, and tries to buy candy on the bus when she has $4 to her name.
  • Blatant Lies: Lasswell's Sand In My Eyes excuse rings so hollow that even Fina, she of Laser-Guided Amnesia with no grasp of civilization, doesn't buy it.
  • Held Gaze The platonic version occurs between Stoick and Gobber in Dreamwork's How to Train Your Dragon when they grasp hands, looking each other in eye, before going off to distract Green Death together to buy their people some time.
    Source: Held Gaze
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