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buy something up

to buy all of something; to buy the entire supply of something. He bought the oranges up from all the groves. He bought up all the oranges and drove up the price.

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I have lots of money, my beauty,--enough to buy up you and all yours together. The Idiot by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context Then speculators buy up the ground and sell, but the original owner is given the first choice by the government at a stated price before the speculator is permitted to purchase. The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context Why, I've got a friend that's going into this yer branch of the business--wants to buy up handsome boys to raise for the market. Uncle Tom's Cabin by Stowe, Harriet Beecher View in context			butter wouldn't melt butter wouldn't melt in mouth butterflies in stomach butterfly button button down Button it! button lip button up buttress up buy buy a pig in a poke buy a round buy at buy back buy in buy off buy on credit buy on time buy out buy sight unseen buy the big one buy the farm buy time buy trouble buy up buy way buy way in buy way out buy wolf ticket buy you a drink? buzz buzz along buzz for buzz in buzz into a place buzz off buzz with by a hair by a mile by a nose by a show of hands by a whisker by accident or design by all appearances by all means by all means of by and large by ankle express by any means by any stretch of the imagination			Buy the book Buy The Dip buy the farm buy the farm buy the farm buy the farm buy the farm Buy the Index buy the next round Buy the Rumor Sell the Fact Buy the Rumor Sell the News Buy the Rumor, Sell the Fact Buy the Rumor, Sell the News Buy the Spread Buy them back Buy This Thing buy time buy time buy time buy time Buy to Close Buy to Cover Buy to let Buy to let Buy to Let Mortgage Deals Buy to Open Buy to Play Buy Today Sell Tomorrow buy trouble Buy Two Get One Free buy up Buy US Here buy way buy way in buy way out Buy With Confidence buy wolf ticket Buy write Buy you a drink buy you a drink? Buy Your Domain Later Buy Your Next One Buy Your Own Buy Your Own Beer Buy Your Own Drinks Buy, Sell, Trade buy-and-bust operation Buy-and-hold Buy-and-Hold Abnormal Returns Buy-and-hold strategy Buy-and-write strategy buy-back buy-back buy-back crude buy-back option buy-backs buy-backs

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