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
-Steely Dan
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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.
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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Get the bought a zone mug.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."
"I've been there, done that, bought the shirt."
by Wallseer August 25, 2008
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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.
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
Get the bought and paid for mug.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."
"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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