Buy and Halt

Buy

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

Halt and buy are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Halt" instead a verb "Buy".

Nearby Words: buyer, buying

Halt

Halt verb - To bring (something) to a standstill.

Buy and halt are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Buy" instead a verb "Halt".

Nearby Words: halted, halting, haltingly

Mutual synonyms

How words are described

powerful powerful buy powerful halt

Both words in one sentence

  • Fainting In The Mad King by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the heroine pretends to faint at her wedding to force a halt to proceedings and buy time after realizing that the man walking up the aisle is not her beloved but his Identical Stranger cousin.
    Source: Fainting
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