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

Recent Examples on the Web

In 2023, it was revealed that major industry players had helped a subsidiary company called Flannery Associates stealthily buy up tens of thousands of acres of relatively cheap farmland in Solano County, on the edge of the San Francisco Bay Area, for about $800 million over several years. —Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2026

With severe winter weather set to roll into the Memphis area later today, Mid-South residents are preparing their homes for snow and ice, buying up grocery store staples and hunkering down ahead of the storm. —Jordan Green, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 23 Jan. 2026

The policy is aimed at preventing corporations from buying up single-family homes, and has bipartisan support. —Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2026

Harking back to business moguls of the early 20th century, tech leaders like Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg even bought up DC real estate. —Bloomberg, Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1534, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for buy up

• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup
• markup