verb
amass so as to keep for future use or sale or for a particular occasion or use
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let's stock coffee as long as prices are low
• Topics: ↑commerce, ↑commercialism, ↑mercantilism
• Hyponyms: ↑overstock, ↑understock
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
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ˌstock ˈup [intransitive] [present tense I/you/we/they stock up he/she/it stocks up present participle stocking up past tense stocked up past participle stocked up] phrasal verb
Same as: stock 2 2
We’ve stocked up with food in case we get snowed in.
Main entry: stock
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stock up [phrasal verb]
: to get a large quantity of something so that you will have it for later use
I need to head to the store to stock up.
— often + on
We made sure to stock up on food before the storm hit.
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Main Entry: ↑stock
Useful english dictionary. 2012.