buy up in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for buy up in the English»French Dictionary

Translations for buy up in the English»French Dictionary

I.buy [Brit bʌɪ, Am baɪ] N

II.buy <pret, pp bought> [Brit bʌɪ, Am baɪ] VB trans

I.up [ʌp] ADJ Up appears frequently in English as the second element of phrasal verbs (get up, pick up etc.). For translations, consult the appropriate verb entry (get, pick etc.).

1. up (high):

VIII.up and down ADV (to and fro)

XIV.up <pres part upping; pret, pp upped> [ʌp] VB trans (increase)

XV.up <pres part upping; pret, pp upped> [ʌp] VB intr inf

See also pick over, pick, get

I.pick over VB [Brit pɪk -, Am pɪk -] (pick [sth] over, pick over [sth])

I.pick [Brit pɪk, Am pɪk] N

2. pick (poke) → pick at

I.get <pres part getting, prét got, pp got, gotten Am> [ɡet] VB trans This much-used verb has no multi-purpose equivalent in French and therefore is very often translated by choosing a synonym: to get lunch = to prepare lunch = préparer le déjeuner.
get is used in many idiomatic expressions (to get something off one's chest etc.) and translations will be found in the appropriate entry (chest etc.). This is also true of offensive comments (get stuffed etc.) where the appropriate entry would be stuff.
Remember that when get is used to express the idea that a job is done not by you but by somebody else (to get a room painted etc.) faire is used in French followed by an infinitive (faire repeindre une pièce etc.).
When get has the meaning of become and is followed by an adjective (to get rich/drunk etc.) devenir is sometimes useful but check the appropriate entry (rich, drunk etc.) as a single verb often suffices (s'enrichir, s'enivrer etc.).
For examples and further uses of get see the entry below.

II.get <pres part getting, prét got, pp got, gotten Am> [ɡet] VB intr

get her inf!
get him inf in that hat!
to get it up vulg sl
bander vulg sl
to get it up vulg sl
to get one's in Am inf

buy up in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for buy up in the English»French Dictionary

See also down3, down2, down1

American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
He intends to buy up a 12-block radius around a competitor's factory to put his out of business, but there is one house that is a holdout to selling.
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He is the representative for several large corporations that are looking to buy up land.
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The result was that they used their surplus funds to buy up businesses in virtually every activity in the economy.
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He then proceeded to buy up other claims and by the end of the year he had acquired 28.
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We do not want him to go to the city, nor to enter a profession, but we want him to buy up the deserted farms.
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Customers may buy up to three of the day's item, although the site has occasionally limited product quantity to one per customer.
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They then scheme to buy up all the gelatin in town to lure the dog, but fail again.
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In the days before the drawing they tried to buy up all possible combinations and thus win all possible prizes, including the jackpot.
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His goal was to buy up multi-family apartment buildings that were being auctioned off in the governments bailout of the savings and loan crisis.
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It was also prohibited to buy up products on the roadsides and sell them later in the city at a higher price.
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