to buy at
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1.0
- phrasal verb
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comprar en
- I walked in, almost dazzled by the light, to buy a soda at one of those stands.
I cannot believe that I bought this at Walmart.
- I cannot believe that I bought this at Walmart.
- I had AAT shirt I bought at Kanye West Life of Pablo tour.
- A couple weeks back, I said that I bought a toy at Kmart.
- Then he said, Brent, have you ever bought a car at a dealership?
- Say you want to buy some makeup at Ulta Boom, you can get cash back for that.
- You can buy those at a vitamin shop, order them online.
- Today we bought food at the gas station, like some energy drinks, energy bars.
- What, he pees in your hot tub that you bought at your house?
Examples
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You can also get a discount if you buy it at the MIT Press Bookstore.
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Next time, try to buy your tickets at an authorized sales location.
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I bought it at a gas station.
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Or maybe she bought it at a garage sale.
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I bought some books at the stall inside.
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No one could enter the pier without buying a pass at the Port Authority office.
Fiction book (1995) -
I cannot believe that I bought this at Walmart.
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But you showed up to my house with a box, full of clothes that you bought at a consignment store.
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Our pen of the month for May is available today only to buy at mythical.com.
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Next time, try to buy at an authorized sales location for concert tickets.
Synonyms
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1.0
To get something by paying money
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1.8
To buy something by paying money
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To visit stores to buy things
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To buy things or be a customer at a store
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5.3
To often buy things from a shop or use its services
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
buy + at
The meaning 'to shop at a particular place' is directly derivable from combining 'buy' (to acquire/pay for goods) with 'at' (a locative preposition indicating place): the phrase simply locates where the buying occurs. This verb + locative preposition pattern is common cross-linguistically and should be understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
The verb buy at paints a simple picture: a customer gives money to a seller standing at their stall or shop. Because the buying happens 'at' that place, buy at means 'to shop at' or to do business with a particular vendor.