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trade up/down phrasal verb
phrasal verb
Definition
to buy something, usually a house or car, that is of higher or lower value than the one you already have
My car is costing me too much to run, so I'm going to trade down to a cheaper model.
(Definition of trade up/down from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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