buy straw hats in winter

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buy straw hats in winter (third-person singular simple present buys straw hats in winter, present participle buying straw hats in winter, simple past and past participle bought straw hats in winter)

1. (idiomatic) Of stocks, to buy when both demand and price are low, so as to sell when demand and price are high.