Buy and Surrender

Buy

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

Surrender is an antonym for buy in purchase topic.

Nearby Words: buyer, buying

Surrender

Surrender verb - To give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress.

Buy is an antonym for surrender.

Nearby Words: surrendered, surrendering

How words are described

full full buy full surrender

Common collocations

stuff buy stuff surrender stuff
land buy land surrender land
clothes buy clothes surrender clothes
way buy way surrender way
Other words: supplies, cards, ring, weapon, ship, freedom, sword, gun, weapons, guns.

Both words in one sentence

  • Hakoda and the majority of the invasion army surrender to buy Aang and the others time to escape on Appa.
  • Meaningful Echo An interesting one, where both Captain Robau and Captain Pike both surrender themselves to Nero, to buy the rest of the crew enough time to either escape or fight back.
  • Hopeless War The entire reason the rest of the galaxy keeps on fighting is because the Reapers won't let them surrender, as it's a genocidal war, and to buy time for a special weapon to be completed.
    Source: Hopeless War
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