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

Examples of buy up in a Sentence

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In 1892, her parents, Frederick and May Rindge, bought up an unimaginably enormous tract of land — 25 miles of Pacific coastline along Malibu and beyond. Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026 There should be a prohibition against corporations buying up and inflating existing homes. Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026 The Wasserman agents have been pitching potentially interested parties in either taking on them and their clients, buying up Wasserman’s music biz or financing the agents purchasing the company from Wasserman himself. Dominic Patten, Deadline, 9 Feb. 2026 Secondary marketplaces like StubHub buy up tickets and resell them, sometimes without complete information about seat restrictions. Christopher Elliott, Mercury News, 6 Feb. 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 19 Feb. 2026.

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