scoop up
phrasal verb
scooped up; scooping up; scoops up
informal
: to take or buy (something) in a quick and eager way
Customers scooped up the free samples.
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They were quickly scooped up and taken to shore by lifeguards and local beachgoers.
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Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 24 July 2025
Nine people took over the jewelry store near Stockton Boulevard and Orange Avenue in south Sacramento about 1:15 p.m. July 6, pepper spraying a security guard at the door and bullying past customers and clerks with blunt objects to smash display cases and scoop up the jewelry, deputies said.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 23 July 2025
The Tour de France finished up Stage 16 on Tuesday with Valentin Paret-Peintre etching his name into the Tour, scooping up a victory in an emotional sprint to the finish.
—Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 July 2025
Bright dust scooped up from the surface leaves behind trails that are dark from the underlying landscape.
—Nola Taylor Tillman, Space.com, 16 July 2025
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Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 24 July 2025
Nine people took over the jewelry store near Stockton Boulevard and Orange Avenue in south Sacramento about 1:15 p.m. July 6, pepper spraying a security guard at the door and bullying past customers and clerks with blunt objects to smash display cases and scoop up the jewelry, deputies said.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 23 July 2025
The Tour de France finished up Stage 16 on Tuesday with Valentin Paret-Peintre etching his name into the Tour, scooping up a victory in an emotional sprint to the finish.
—Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 July 2025
Bright dust scooped up from the surface leaves behind trails that are dark from the underlying landscape.
—Nola Taylor Tillman, Space.com, 16 July 2025
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“Scoop up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scoop%20up. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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