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bought the dream

to allocate financial resources toward something on the perceived promise that it will pay off in the future.
"You call me a fool You say it's a crazy scheme. This one's for real, I already bought the dream."
-Steely Dan
by jilm October 12, 2017
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bought it

Person killed by a lethal object.
Local yokel's bought it!
by dailenth January 11, 2021
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Bought The Farm

Passed away. Expired. Vacated this worldly plain. Snuffed it.
Also Throw a seven
Mrs Tiggywinkle? It's PC Bobs, here. I'm afraid I have some upsetting news. Your husband was crossing the M4 and, well I'm afraid he bought the farm. Squashed flatter than a witch's tit. He was.
We scraped Him up as best we could. He's in this bucket. I shouldn't look if I were you.
by mockschmock December 14, 2006
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bought a zone

We just bought a Zone, goin to get high as hell!
by B~Money August 3, 2006
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bought the shirt

when you have been in the same situation as someone before, derived from "going somewhere and buying the shirt from that place as a souviner"
"My final is worth 50% of my grade. I could fail the class tomorrow!"
"I've been there, done that, bought the shirt."
by Wallseer August 25, 2008
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bought and paid for

IN BRIEF: When you no longer do anything else for anybody or anything.
1ST EXAMPLE:
VIRGIL: Arent you gonna warn me of my constitutional rights?
MERCER: No need to. You were already bought and paid for.
----------THIS WAS BASED ON VIRGIL GETTING RATTED OUT BY FREDDIE FROM THE MOVIE "BOILING POINT."

2ND EXAMPLE:
DAUGHTER: Daddy give me some money.
FATHER: Girl here. You get mad if I said you were bought and paid for.
by Mr. Terrence L. Trezvant May 13, 2009
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bought lesson

A lesson in which one learns after having paid any amount of money. Usually resulting to regret and disappointment.
"Mama, I paid that man $800 for that Cutlass and it didn't run but 3 days. Now I can't find him no where to get my money back".

"I told you not buy it before your daddy looked at it anyway. You a bought a lesson. A bought lesson is the best lesson to learn."
by thesouthernbeau October 22, 2008
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