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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Right now, Prime members can scoop up the Bieiao Cordless Vacuum Cleaner on sale for just $90 at Amazon.
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Toni Sutton, People.com, 13 June 2025
Hiba Husayni’s Zhan — a first time DA member — scooped up the Design Award for Best Debut.
—Thomas Waller, Footwear News, 13 June 2025
Variety Wholesalers mostly scooped up locations in the Southeast and Midwest with the intention of continuing to use the Big Lots name.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 12 June 2025
And in doing so, privacy experts warn, the federal government is inevitably scooping up, sorting, combining and storing data about millions of law-abiding Americans.
—Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 4 June 2025
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Toni Sutton, People.com, 13 June 2025
Hiba Husayni’s Zhan — a first time DA member — scooped up the Design Award for Best Debut.
—Thomas Waller, Footwear News, 13 June 2025
Variety Wholesalers mostly scooped up locations in the Southeast and Midwest with the intention of continuing to use the Big Lots name.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 12 June 2025
And in doing so, privacy experts warn, the federal government is inevitably scooping up, sorting, combining and storing data about millions of law-abiding Americans.
—Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 4 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for scoop up
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“Scoop up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scoop%20up. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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