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What does “get buy-in from” mean?
Meaning, example sentence and a quick practice question.
C1
To gain someone's support or agreement for a plan
“We'll need buy-in from senior management before we start.”
Say it smoothly: “get-buy-in-from”
From the C1 lesson Getting Down to Business (meetings).
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What does “get buy-in from” mean?
Teaching this phrase?“get buy-in from” is part of a ready-to-teach lesson, with a reading, three exercises, speaking tasks and an answer key, in Everyday English Chunks C1 Pack 3 (Money, Food, Work and Travel).
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