shop around
phrasal verb
shopped around; shopping around; shops around
1
: to look for the most suitable item or service for the lowest price
Shop around first before you buy a car.
She is shopping around for a bank with low fees.
2
: to try to get a company to publish or produce (something)
He shopped his manuscript around, but no publishers were interested.
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Even many storefront shops around the U.S. are selling black market weed.
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Brian Mann, NPR, 3 Feb. 2025
With more than 50,000 journals on the market, bad papers shopped around long enough eventually find a home, Stern said.
—Ars Technica, 31 Jan. 2025
So, shopping around, consumers might be able to score better deals on laptops built with the more powerful existing Qualcomm chips.
—Michael Kan, PCMAG, 6 Jan. 2025
But shopping around could help savers find better deals, McBride said.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 3 Jan. 2025
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Brian Mann, NPR, 3 Feb. 2025
With more than 50,000 journals on the market, bad papers shopped around long enough eventually find a home, Stern said.
—Ars Technica, 31 Jan. 2025
So, shopping around, consumers might be able to score better deals on laptops built with the more powerful existing Qualcomm chips.
—Michael Kan, PCMAG, 6 Jan. 2025
But shopping around could help savers find better deals, McBride said.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 3 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for shop around
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“Shop around.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shop%20around. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.
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