buy up

verb

bought up; buying up; buys up

transitive verb

1
: to buy freely or extensively
2
: to buy the entire available supply of

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That is only a select list, meaning the assumption that Bayern will buy up their competition — or buy to prevent a team from becoming their competition — tends never to be too far away. Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025 Russian oligarchs were secretly buying up mansions in London and Miami. Andrew Rice, Curbed, 4 Apr. 2025 According to the marketing director for one of the nation’s largest gun sellers, customers are buying up smaller concealed carry firearms despite a slight drop in overall gun sales recorded by the FBI’s background check system. Paul Bedard, The Washington Examiner, 2 Apr. 2025 With most of Boca Chica’s homes bought up by SpaceX, the village has been turned into a sprawling compound for hundreds of workers, an entire ecosystem built around the Starbase. Lise Pedersen, Variety, 19 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for buy up

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1534, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of buy up was circa 1534

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“Buy up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/buy%20up. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.

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