trade up
verb
traded up; trading up; trades up
1
: to trade in (something, such as an automobile) for something more expensive or valuable of its kind
2
: to stock or purchase higher-priced items
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Comcast, the third suitor, was trading up about 1%.
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Mike Snider, USA Today, 5 Dec. 2025
A lot of people want to trade up for a different card.
—Jeremy Rellosa, Curbed, 4 Dec. 2025
Ian Cummings of Pro Football Network has predicted in his latest mock draft that Arizona will make an aggressive trade up in the first round to land Alabama Crimson Tide quarterback Ty Simpson.
—Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Nov. 2025
Keep things simple in slim sneakers and dainty jewelry, or trade up for suede boots and a designer bag.
—Shelby Ying Hyde, Glamour, 18 Nov. 2025
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Mike Snider, USA Today, 5 Dec. 2025
A lot of people want to trade up for a different card.
—Jeremy Rellosa, Curbed, 4 Dec. 2025
Ian Cummings of Pro Football Network has predicted in his latest mock draft that Arizona will make an aggressive trade up in the first round to land Alabama Crimson Tide quarterback Ty Simpson.
—Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Nov. 2025
Keep things simple in slim sneakers and dainty jewelry, or trade up for suede boots and a designer bag.
—Shelby Ying Hyde, Glamour, 18 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for trade up
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“Trade up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trade%20up. Accessed 21 Dec. 2025.
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