Definition of 'buy up'
phrasal verb
buyIf you buy up land, property, or a commodity, you buy large amounts of it, or all that is available.
The mention of price rises sent citizens out to their shops to buy up as much as
they could. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
The tickets will be on sale from somewhere else because the agencies have bought
them up. [VERB noun PARTICLE]
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buy up in American
to buy all of or all that is available of
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For even if he managed to buy up all the shares on the open market, it would still amount to a stand-off. DOUBTFUL MOTIVESOr perhaps buy up the outstanding outside holdings to prevent any attempt at a stand-off. DOUBTFUL MOTIVES
`I'd like you to buy up to thirty thousand shares, but not if the price goes higher than a dollar twenty. INSIDERS (2001)
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Used Occasionally. buy up is one of the 30000 most commonly used words in the Collins dictionary
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