buy off

buy off  {v.}
To turn from duty or purpose by a gift.
When the police threatened to stop the gambling business, the owner bought them off.
The Indians were going to burn the cabins, but the men bought them off with gifts.
Compare: PAY OFF.
Categories: business verb
Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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