buys into

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To buy into something is to accept or believe it, especially an idea, claim, or system: I don't buy into the notion that success requires sacrifice.

The phrase suggests investing oneself—not just agreeing, but committing.

You can buy into a business literally by purchasing a stake, or buy into a philosophy figuratively by adopting it as your own.

Related

takes at face value · internalize · drinks the Kool-Aid · endorse · convince · adopt · commitment · adhere · embrace · align · gets behind · affirm · accept · fall for · agree · partnership · swallow · agrees with

Opposites
belief/acceptance

buys intorejects

Refuses or discards

dismisses · disbelieves · denies · sees through · repudiates

investment/commitment

buys intowalks away from

Leaves a situation deliberately

abandons · washes hands of · sits out

Family

buy, buys, buying, bought, buyer, buyers, buyout, buyouts, into

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Top 100,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G