stock up

verb

stocked up; stocking up; stocks up

: to get a large quantity of something for later use

—often + on

We made sure to stock up on food before the storm hit.

Examples of stock up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Now would be a good time to stock up on both the brew and the chocolate. — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2026

If you were headed to that Walmart to stock up on Vegemite, go elsewhere. — Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 4 July 2026

More likely, though, is that consumers were also stocking up on essentials and early back-to-school items. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 6 July 2026

But the holiday does happen to be a great excuse to stock up on beauty essentials from Sheglam. — Tanya Sharma, InStyle, 4 July 2026

Rhymes for stock up

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