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back up the truck

back up the truck verb: to take advantage of favourable pricing by purchasing a large amount.

Verb

back up the truck (third-person singular simple present backs up the truck, present participle backing up the truck, simple past and past participle backed up the truck)

  1. (US, idiomatic, informal) To take advantage of favourable pricing by purchasing a large amount.
    • When spreads are very low and contracting, back up the truck and buy equities. When they are high and rising, it's time to hide.2011, David M. Smith, Hany A. Shawky, Institutional Money Management, page 82

Forms of back up the truck

third-person singular presentbacks up the truck
present participlebacking up the truck
past participlebacked up the truck
pastbacked up the truck

Origin of back up the truck

From the idea of bringing a truck to a location to be loaded with goods.

Questions about back up the truck

What does back up the truck mean?
Back up the truck means to take advantage of favourable pricing by purchasing a large amount.
What part of speech is back up the truck?
Back up the truck is a verb.
What is the past tense of back up the truck?
The past tense of back up the truck is backed up the truck.

Words near back up the truck in the dictionary

  1. back to the soil
  2. back to the wall
  3. back tooth
  4. back trail
  5. back up
  6. back up the truck
  7. back vowel
  8. back vowels
  9. back wall
  10. back walls
  11. back wash

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