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

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.”

Related Words

• amass 
• collect 
• deposit 
• hide 
• pile up 
• stockpile