Antonyms for buy up

Grammar : Verb

Spell : bahy

Phonetic Transcription : baɪ

Definition 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

Example sentences :

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

Synonyms for buy up

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