buy sth in
UK— phrasal verb with buy uk/baɪ/us/baɪ/verb bought, bought
to buy something for future use and not because you need it now:
We bought in lots of tinned food in case of heavy snow.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Buying
- acquisitiveness
- approval
- bid
- bidding war
- bite
- brand loyalty
- bulk-buy
- import
- load up on sth
- money-off
- on the slate idiom
- order form
- order sth in
- outbid
- over the counter idiom
- shop around
- shopaholic
- shopping
- stock up
- trade-in
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