# buy it

> English word · Verb

## Definitions
1. To die.
2. To believe any particular assertion or idea; to support it.

## Etymology
* In the die sense, apparently attested since the 1820s, thus earlier than the variant buy the farm, which may be an extension of it.
* In the have it sense, an elliptical allusion to believing a sales pitch.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/buy-it