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buy up

British  

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

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buy up Idioms  

  1. 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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For doctors, striking a deal with a firm to buy up most or all of their business can help struggling medical practices obtain much-needed funding to invest in new resources.

From Slate • Mar. 17, 2026

U.S. companies, assuming the trend would be irreversible, made multibillion-dollar investments in the first decades of the 2000s to buy up rivals at premium prices.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026

"We've had developers buy up an old house, knock it down and replace it with a bigger property which has become holiday lets," Hall says.

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026

Saylor may continue to buy up Bitcoin and even restructure Strategy’s debt—rolling it further into the future—if the selloff continues.

From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026

They sent agents abroad to buy up libraries.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

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