buy up

verb

bought up; buying up; buys up

transitive verb

1

: to buy freely or extensively

2

: to buy the entire available supply of

Examples of buy up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

That’s because Zelda (Tracey Ullman) is ultimately thwarted in her attempt to buy up a controlling interest in AFC Richmond by Mae’s last will and testament, which gives her shares in the team back to Rebecca — keeping her at 51% ownership. — Michael Schneider, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026

This season only recently introduced the possibility that Rebecca might lose control of the team because somebody has been buying up enough shares to claim a majority stake, but that threat comes to an end here. — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 7 Oct. 2026

Besides buying up post assets, Playhouse has begun investing in its own suite of film and TV projects. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 5 Oct. 2026

Brookfield has a joint venture with Nvidia to buy up to $100 billion of AI infrastructure assets. — Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 5 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1534, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for buy up

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