buy up (English, verb)
expansion: buy up (third-person singular simple present buys up, present participle buying up, simple past and past participle bought up)
Senses:
glosses: To buy the whole of; to purchase the entire stock of something.
tags: idiomatic
transitive
glosses: To buy whatever is available of something.
tags: idiomatic
transitive
glosses: To buy off; to pay in blackmail money or similar.
tags: idiomatic
transitive
Forms:
form: buys up
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: buying up
tags: participle
present
form: bought up
tags: participle
past
form: bought up
tags: past