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stock up

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. stock, buy in, stock upverb

    amass so as to keep for future use or sale or for a particular occasion or use

    "let's stock coffee as long as prices are low"

Wiktionary

  1. stock upverb

    To acquire or increase stock

  2. stock upverb

    To swell up (usually refers to edema in a leg)

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of stock up in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of stock up in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of stock up in a Sentence

  1. Filitsa Galani:

    The suppliers have started imposing quotas on the size of orders we can make today, so they don't run out of medicines if pharmacy owners decide to stock up.

  2. Helen Lau:

    China has taken advantage of low gold prices and an equity market rout to stock up on gold assets.

  3. Jason Romero:

    As a single dad, you try to go to the grocery store to stock up to feed three kids and you get a lot of food. All of a sudden, now I’m on the bus or in a taxi or walking to the store and schlepping home all of these bags.

  4. Jarred Evans:

    It hit fast and... it just was very hectic for, like, three days straight, i got the news from my Chinese friends saying,' Hey, stay inside. Wear a mask. Don't go outside, stock up on some food because this is going to get serious.' And as you can see, it's very serious.

  5. Tara Kuczykowski:

    The earlier you start, the more you're going to save, buy a little bit here and there. Maybe you don’t need as many as the limit, but if it's a deal, get it anyway. Stock up.

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