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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The Administration has used the money, in part, to begin to create a network of bigger facilities, investing thirty-eight billion dollars to buy up large warehouses across the country and retrofit them. Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2026 The following decade, middle-class Americans without children moved to cities en masse, buying up condos and building wealth in urban areas otherwise dominated by rentals. M. Nolan Gray, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026 Both American Express and Blackbird pulled their support after previously buying up blocks of tickets to sell exclusively to their cardholders and members. Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 13 Mar. 2026 Since 2019, the Kensington Corridor Trust has been buying up buildings and land along a stretch of Kensington Avenue, and now owns 31 properties. Amanda Abrams, thehustle.co, 13 Mar. 2026 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 21 Mar. 2026.

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