buy out Meaning to buy somebodys share of a company or a partnership in order to take control of it. For example Many workers werent happy when a group of new investors bought the majority shareholder out and took control of the company. My sister wants to buy out my share of the family business. #Phrasal_Verb_of_the_Day ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ➠@PhrasalCards ➠@SlangWords ➠@IdiomsLand ➠@Vocabulix ➠@GrammarCards ➠@EnglishGate ➠@StoryPage 5.8K views03:30