buy and hold
A passive investment strategy where an investor purchases an asset and retains it for many years, rather than trading it frequently.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
“He prefers to buy and hold his stocks for many years.”
“Instead of trying to predict daily market changes, she decided to buy and hold her shares for the long term.”
“Many successful investors ignore short-term market volatility, choosing instead to buy and hold high-quality assets until they reach their full potential.”
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apron-string hold
An estate held by a man during his wife's life.
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been there, done that, bought the T-shirt
Expresses the speaker's complete familiarity with a situation, with overtones of cynicism or exhaustion.
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buy a dog and bark oneself
To do something that one has hired someone else to do.
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buy a ticket to
Used to indicate that someone is in agreement with an assertion, statement, or suggestion.
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buy into
To believe (something, especially something implausible); to accept (a craze, fad, or notion) as valid.
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buy it
To believe any particular assertion or idea; to support it.
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buy out
to purchase the entire stock or extent of something
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buy straw hats in winter
Of stocks, to buy when both demand and price are low, so as to sell when demand and price are high.
Last updated August 10, 2026