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

Developers who’d been buying up land for decades started applying for spot rezonings to build luxury housing. — Kim Velsey, Curbed, 9 Oct. 2026

SpaceX is buying up spectrum for its Starlink Mobile service and tower stocks are loving it. — Tobias Burns, CNBC, 9 Oct. 2026

Some locals are frustrated as private islands and historic buildings are bought up, squeezing residents out. — Mary Holland, Robb Report, 8 Oct. 2026

That’s because Zelda (Tracey Ullman) is ultimately thwarted in her attempt to buy up a controlling interest in AFC Richmond by Mae’s last will and testament, which gives her shares in the team back to Rebecca — keeping her at 51% ownership. — Michael Schneider, Variety, 7 Oct. 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