Buy and Set

Buy

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

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

Nearby Words: buyer, buying

Set verb - To cover and warm eggs as the young inside develop.

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Buy and set are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Buy" instead a verb "Set".

Nearby Words: setup, setting

old	old buy	old set
good	good buy	good set
high	high buy	high set
full	full buy	full set
Other adjectives: best, powerful, large, big, new, random, different, younger.

Genre Savvy: When Matthew Perry was featured, he never seemed to buy into the set-upnote a stolen car he was being shown to possibly buy.

Source: Series / Punk'd
When he goes to a store to buy supplies hoping to score more points, Pondscum is the clerk, disguising himself with nothing more than a set of novelty nose-and-glasses.

Source: Paper Thin Disguise / Western Animation
To avoid having to buy an another set of clothes, she disrobes first when she has to transform again.

Source: Magic Pants / Anime and Manga

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