buy up

/baɪ əp/
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Other forms: bought up; buying up; buys up

Definitions of buy up
  1. verb
    take over ownership of; of corporations and companies
    synonyms: buy out, take over
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    type of:
    buy, purchase
    obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
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