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BUY UP

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Take over ownership of; of corporations and companies

Synonyms:

buy out; buy up; take over

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "buy up" is one way to...):

buy; purchase (obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sentence example:

The men buy up the chairs

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