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buy up |
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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. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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I have lots of money, my beauty,--enough to buy up you and all yours together. 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. 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. |
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