Buy
Buy verb - To get possession of (something) by giving money in exchange for.
Halt
Halt verb - To bring (something) to a standstill.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| powerful | powerful buy | powerful halt |
Both words in one sentence
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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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Halt and Buy. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 08, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/buy/halt
Buy & Halt. N.p., 2016. Web. 08 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/buy/halt>.
Halt or Buy. 2016. Accessed August 08, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/buy/halt.
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