Buy back
Buy back verb - Buy what had previously been sold, lost, or given away.
Sell
Sell verb - To offer for sale to the public.
Both terms in one sentence
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Then you can grab the gear, sell THAT and then buy back the gear you originally sold at the same price.
Source: Hyperspace Arsenal - In desperation, he tries to buy back the property, but the owner refuses — remarking that only an idiot would sell the park now that it's so wildly popular.
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But they don't make it easy for you: if you didn't sell the Crown, but head for the fence who buys stolen jewelry after exiting the Museum with all the other loot, you can accidentally sell the Kurshok Crown and break the ending because you cannot buy back the Crown.
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