invest something in someone or something
- invest something in someone or something
invest something in someone or something
1. to put money, time, effort, etc., into someone or something, hoping for a return. •
We will invest time and effort in Fred and make him into a recording star.
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Sharon invested a lot of money in the stock market.
2. to place power or authority under control of someone or something. •
The constitution has invested certain powers in the federal government and left the rest to the states.
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The law invests the power to arrest criminals in the sheriff 's department.
Dictionary of American idioms.
2013.
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