manage to buy (verb)
1buy out — verb take over ownership of; of corporations and companies (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑take over, ↑buy up • Derivationally related forms: ↑buyout, ↑takeover (for: ↑take over) …
2manage — [[t]mæ̱nɪʤ[/t]] ♦♦ manages, managing, managed 1) VERB If you manage an organization, business, or system, or the people who work in it, you are responsible for controlling them. [V n] Within two years he was managing the store... [V n] Most… …
3asset — noun 1 useful person/thing ADJECTIVE ▪ big, considerable, great, important, invaluable, precious, priceless, real, tremendous, useful …
4score — 1 noun (C) 1 IN A GAME the number of points that each team or player has won in a game or competition: the score: What s the score? | keep (the) score (=make a record of the score): Is anybody keeping score? | final score: The final score was… …
5scrape by — verb manage one s existence barely I guess I can squeeze by on this lousy salary • Syn: ↑scrape along, ↑scratch along, ↑squeak by, ↑squeeze by, ↑rub along • Hypernyms: ↑cop …
6get hold of — verb 1. get into one s hands, take physically (Freq. 1) Take a cookie! Can you take this bag, please • Syn: ↑take • See Also: ↑take in (for: ↑ …
7avoid — verb 1 prevent sth; choose not to do sth ADVERB ▪ altogether ▪ It is sometimes impossible to avoid conflict altogether. ▪ actively, assiduously, carefully, consciously, deliberately …
8lay hands on — verb manage with the hands • Hypernyms: ↑manipulate • Verb Frames: Somebody s something * * * 1 wait till I lay my hands on you!: CATCH, lay/get hold of, get one s hands on, seize, grab, grasp, capture. 2 it s n …
9get — verb 1) where did you get that hat? Syn: acquire, obtain, come by, receive, gain, earn, win, come into, take possession of, be given; buy, purchase, procure, secure; gather, collect, pick up …
10get — [ get ] (past tense got [ gat ] ; past participle gotten [ gatn ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 obtain/receive ▸ 2 become/start to be ▸ 3 do something/have something done ▸ 4 move to/from ▸ 5 progress in activity ▸ 6 fit/put something in a place ▸ 7 understand… …
