Buy up
Buy up verb - Take over ownership of; of corporations and companies.
Hold back
Hold back verb - To create difficulty for the work or activity of.
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Hold back and Buy up. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 10, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/buy_up/hold_back
Buy up & Hold back. N.p., 2016. Web. 10 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/buy_up/hold_back>.
Hold back or Buy up. 2016. Accessed August 10, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/buy_up/hold_back.
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