buy back

Other forms: bought back; buying back; buys back

Definitions of buy back
  1. verb
    buy what had previously been sold, lost, or given away
    “He bought back the house that his father sold years ago”
    synonyms: repurchase
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    type of:
    buy, purchase
    obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
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