Buy and Justify

Buy

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

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

Nearby Words: buyer, buying

Justify

Justify verb - To be an acceptable reason for.

Buy and justify are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Buy" instead a verb "Justify".

Common collocations

set buy set justify set
time buy time justify time
way buy way justify way
skills buy skills justify skills

Both words in one sentence

  • Film / The Invisible That said, Nick doesn't buy into it, rightly pointing out that Annie's poor home life doesn't justify her killing him.
  • Series / Alphas Rosen doesn't buy it, and dismisses their claims of just wanting to protect Alphas as propaganda to justify their outright terrorist activities.
  • Outdated Outfit Recent takes on the series justify the clothes in different ways: in Emile Bravo's version for example, Spirou is a bell-boy operator but the reason he wears the outfit all the time is that he's too poor to buy new clothes.
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