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What does buy up mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word buy up? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To buy the whole of; to purchase the entire stock of something.
  2. (idiomatic, transitive) To buy whatever is available of something.
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People would drink the poor vintage until a better one came along, but no one would buy up cases and cellar them away to age.
Let's buy up tracts of vulnerable mangrove lands and begin securing at least the future.
Did you log on and buy up the maximum allocation of six tickets per person?
Baker-Smith was a philanthropist even at the age of 15 and used borrowed money to buy up art works at the annual end of year art exhibitions.
Who else would buy up 6250 cans, only to give all the cans away to dossers?
Britons are certainly flocking to buy up corners of the world in increasing numbers.

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