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buy up

verb

  1. to purchase all, or all that is available, of (something)

  2. commerce to purchase a controlling interest in (a company, etc), as by the acquisition of shares

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Idioms and Phrases

Purchase all that is available, as in They want to buy up all the land in this area. This term was first recorded in a law enacted under Henry VIII: “They buy up all manner of fish.”
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At the end of the day, Australia is buying up to five nuclear-powered submarines at a huge expense, helping keep Americans employed.

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He packed the courts with loyalists, found friendly oligarchs to buy up independent media and took over universities — or forced them to close down.

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New development can also bring gentrification, which is why some nonprofits are attempting to buy up lots to resell them below market value to displaced locals.

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In recent years, his government has bought up multiple lots in the neighborhood to build what government officials say will be a new presidential residence.

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The company also runs what’s known as an ad exchange that helps match publishers with advertisers who are competing with one another to buy up available ad space.

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