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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As the leader of LVMH with a 48% stake in the business, his fortune is largely at the whim of whether consumers are buying up opulent products like Louis Vuitton bags, TAG Heuer watches, and Dom Perignon champagne. Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2025 In this season’s eighth episode, Mabel (Gomez) puts together a ragtag group to crash ladies’ night, to investigate the rumors that Camila (Zellweger) is buying up all the apartments at the Arconia to build her own casino. Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2025 Back upstairs, Oliver and Charles are distressed to discover just how many apartments Camila has already bought up. Tom Smyth, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2025 Broadcom makes chips and networking equipment and has been a huge beneficiary of the AI boom as hyperscalers buy up its products. Julie Coleman, CNBC, 13 Oct. 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 21 Oct. 2025.

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