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Synonyms for buy up
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : bahy |
| Phonetic Transcription : baɪ |
Top 10 synonyms for buy up Other synonyms for the word buy up
- acquire
- amass
- bring around
- buy out
- come by
- corral
- deposit
- draw
- earn
- effect
- find
- gain
- garner
- gather
- get
- grab
- have
- hide
- induce
- keep
- land
- latch on to
- lay away
- lay hands on
- lay up
- make a haul
- manage to get
- persuade
- pick up
- pile up
- prevail upon
- promote
- purchase
- put aside for rainy day
- put by
- save
- score
- scrimp
- secure
- sock away
- squirrel
- stash
- stockpile
- store
- stow away
- treasure
- wangle
- win
Définition of buy up
Origin :- Old English bycgan (past tense bohte) "to buy, pay for, acquire; redeem, ransom; procure; get done," from Proto-Germanic *bugjanan (cf. Old Saxon buggjan, Old Norse byggja, Gothic bugjan), of unknown origin, not found outside Germanic.
- The surviving spelling is southwest England dialect; the word was generally pronounced in Old English and Middle English with a -dg- sound as "budge," or "bidge." Meaning "believe, accept as true" first recorded 1926. Related: Bought; buying. To buy time "prevent further deterioration but make no improvement" is attested from 1946.
- As in procure : verb acquire, obtain
- As in squirrel : verb hoard
- As in stash : verb hoard
- As in hoard : verb put away, accumulate
- But he was doin' his best to buy up good words from everybody.
- Extract from : « Oldtown Fireside Stories » by Harriet Beecher Stowe
- Are you going to buy up salt or catsup for some Chinese company?'
- Extract from : « Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 451 » by Various
- For a cask of vodka you could buy up a whole village of them.
- Extract from : « The Promised Land » by Mary Antin
- His relations tried to buy up the book, and nearly succeeded.
- Extract from : « A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 » by George Saintsbury
- In a bland way, I resolved to buy up the decision of Mr. Scribe.
- Extract from : « I and My Chimney » by Herman Melville
- It was the psychological moment to buy up the outstanding stock.
- Extract from : « The Fighting Shepherdess » by Caroline Lockhart
- But, in order to do so, he must buy up the shares of the other members of his family.
- Extract from : « Chasing the Sun » by R.M. Ballantyne
- "I will buy up his debts and send him through the Court," Gessner said.
- Extract from : « Aladdin of London » by Sir Max Pemberton
- I go to that place and I buy up all the land I can in the neighborhood.
- Extract from : « Plunkitt of Tammany Hall » by George Washington Plunkitt
- His orders are, that you set out for Arabia to buy up all the camels that are to be had.
- Extract from : « An Egyptian Princess, Complete » by Georg Ebers
Antonyms for buy up
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