buy it
Swallow the story
To buy it is to believe something, often something dubious or untrue: I told him I was sick, but he didn't buy it.
The phrase implies skepticism—you're more likely to hear I don't buy it than affirmation.
In another sense, to buy it means to die, especially suddenly or violently: He bought it in the first wave of the assault.
- fall forBe deceived by
- hook line and sinkerCompletely and without reservation
- conkBlow to the skull
- passed awayDied, said gently
- bit the dustDied or failed completely
meet your maker · give up the ghost · cash in your chips · pop off · purchase · sucker · kick the bucket · die · gullible · too good to be true · expire · believe · taken in · taken for a ride · swallow · accept · dupe · perish
survival/mortality
buy itsurvive
Continue to exist
make it · live · pull through · cheat death · live to tell the tale