buy out from under

jemandem etwas wegschnappen

Etwas kaufen, bevor eine andere Person, die es kaufen wollte, dazu kommt.

In einfachem Englisch: To buy something before another person who was planning to buy it can do so.

• Someone bought the house out from under us.
• She bought the car out from under another buyer.
• Could a rival buy the property out from under you?

So benutzt man es: buy something out from under someone (Another buyer bought the flat out from under us.)

Häufige Wendungen: buy something out from under someone, buy a house out from under someone

sich freikaufen

Geld zahlen, um einem Problem oder einer Verpflichtung zu entkommen.

In einfachem Englisch: To pay money so that you no longer have to face a problem or obligation.

• She bought out from under her contract.
• He hoped to buy out from under his legal problems.
• They bought out from under the obligation with a final payment.

So benutzt man es: buy out from under something (He bought out from under the contract by paying a fee.)

Synonyme: buy out of, pay to escape

Häufige Wendungen: buy out from under a debt, buy out from under a contract