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

Fans streamed through the area, buying up Ole Miss gear while making stops within local restaurants to kick their weekend off. — Trey Wallace Outkick, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2026

Toei Animation, Toho, Bandai Namco and other broadcasters have separately bought up studios, distributors and pipelines to build their own capacity. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 17 Sep. 2026

Generac also granted Amazon the right to buy up to $340 million worth of its stock. — Michelle Fox, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026

The product arrives when some AI enthusiasts have been buying up mini PCs to run AI agents locally at home or in the office. — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 17 Sep. 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