Buy
Take on
Take on verb - To enter into contest or conflict with.
Both terms in one sentence
- In strip 827, Thanh attempts to singlehandedly take on Redcloak's forces during the fall of the Resistance, in order to buy time for Niu to escape and get word to Hinjo.
Source: Heroic Sacrifice / Web Comics -
Sell off your items from the countryside, and buy the items you'll need to take on the dragon.
Source: Video Game / Dragonstomper - In "A Poached Ego", Jessie, James and Meowth take on a Tyranitar with their bare hands (or claws in Meowth's case) in an attempt to buy Arbok, Weezing and their protectees time to escape.
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