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Jackson6612 Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Not everyone can be bought off

When his son kills a female passenger in a drunk driving incident (and paralyses himself) Stark's world starts to unravel and he discovers that not everyone can be bought off.

"bring off" usually means to accomplish something. What does the boldfaced phrasal part mean? Please help me with it.
  

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Not 'bring off'-- ' Buy off' . Not everyone can be bought off (= bribed ).

— Mister Micawber

  • Not 'bring off'-- ' Buy off' .
  • Not everyone can be bought off (= bribed ).
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Not 'bring off'-- 'Buy off'.

Not everyone can be bought off (= bribed).
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Is the use of "everyone" alluding to ***/nature who/which cannot be bribed?
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No idea. That information is in the story.
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