Buy
Buy verb - To regard as right or true.
Usage example: if you buy that story, then I have a bridge in Brooklyn you might be interested in
Question
Question verb - To demand proof of the truth or rightness of.
How words are described
| old | old buy | old question |
| good | good buy | good question |
| real | real buy | real question |
| new | new buy | new question |
| Other adjectives: different, biggest. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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They're a bit thrown when MI-5 agents question them, figuring it's just because they're doing something with the Royals and later laugh at how the publisher was ready to buy this.
Source: Series / Hustle - Monty Python's Flying Circus: Mr Praline's attempts to buy a license for his pet halibut puts his sanity into question and it offends him.
Source: Sanity Slippage / Live-Action TV -
The Emiratis didn't buy this of course, which brings up the next question: Why don't they get more sensible about this after independence?
Cite this Source
Question and Buy. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/buy/question
Buy & Question. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/buy/question>.
Question or Buy. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/buy/question.
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