Buy and Hook

Buy

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

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

Nearby Words: buyer, buying

Hook verb - To cause to turn away from a straight line.

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Buy and hook are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Buy" instead a verb "Hook".

Nearby Words: hooked, hookup, hooker, hooking, hooky

old	old buy	old hook
good	good buy	good hook
powerful	powerful buy	powerful hook
real	real buy	real hook
Other adjectives: large, big, new, minor, random, different, biggest.

An episode of The Golden Girls, Sophia gets a membership to a Price-Club like store called "Shopper's Warehouse," where this was the hook, you got bargains, but had to buy things in large quantities.

Source: Bulk Buy Only
Henry is thrilled not only that he's off the hook but also that he can buy a football for himself.

Source: Literature / Henry Huggins
Since the teachers hold Maki as an ideal student, they buy her story and let Sayori off the hook regarding the situation.

Source: Manga / Love Lab

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