to buy a ticket
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1.0
- phrasal verb
- /baɪ ə ˈtɪkɪt/
- If you want to see the concert, you need to buy a ticket online.
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Watch on YouTubeGo to the airport, buy a ticket, go through security, right?
- Go to the airport, buy a ticket, go through security, right?
- You could not buy a ticket unless Anna approved you.
- But that person might have bought a ticket just to meet me.
- He used that change to buy a ticket and an hour later he was in Sweden.
- I have bought a ticket tonight to a show, and I'm joking, in lockdown.
- So Deepak, you have the option of not buying a ticket.
- And and I bought a ticket and I was on the phone with them within two hours.
- And critics say, critics said if you meant to buy a ticket for Dear Evan Hansen, this is the worst possible outcome.
- If you, if that's what's going to put you over the edge to buy a ticket to Mythicon October, what is it?
- And it's like a magic train is you can buy a ticket to go back in your life.
Examples
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He bought a ticket on the Titanic.
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But that person might have bought a ticket just to meet me.
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So yeah, recently, the other day, I just bought a ticket to Mexico City to go for the Day of the Dead festival.
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Go to the bus station, buy a ticket home, then wait in that restaurant.
Fiction book (1991) -
His message seemed clear: If you want to hear me perform, buy a ticket.
Academic text (2002) -
I called the bus station and bought a ticket to Richmond.
Fiction book (2000) -
To avoid a painful movie, I wait until the last minute to buy a ticket.
Fiction book (1995) -
She bought a ticket on Air France and took the first plane to Paris.
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I leaned my pack against a tree, bought a ticket, and entered.
Fiction book (1991) -
Teresa Mendoza's just bought a ticket to Madrid through Mexico City.
Synonyms
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1.0
To get something by paying money
726
1.8
To buy something by paying money
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to purchase admission' is directly and transparently derived from the verb 'buy' combined with the noun 'ticket' (the article 'a' is merely grammatical). This is a straightforward verb + object construction common across languages, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words will readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
The phrase buy a ticket comes from a simple scene: you give money and get a small paper that lets you enter an event. The verb buy means to pay and the noun ticket is that paper, so the phrase now means 'to pay for entry'.