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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Last week, Google poached Windsurf’s cofounders and some key AI researchers for $2.4 billion while AI coding startup Cognition scooped up the remainder of the team and product.
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Rashi Shrivastava, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025
In the kitchen category, scoop up these KitchenAid silicone oven mitts that are marked down to $6 apiece.
—Isabel Garcia, People.com, 11 July 2025
Today—Friday, July 11—is your very last chance to scoop up all the last and best Prime Day deals sitewide—with some last-minute fashion additions worthy of a second (or third) look.
—Kristina Rutkowski, Vogue, 11 July 2025
International artists, chefs and designers arrived, scooping up inexpensive studio spaces, opening restaurants and integrating themselves into the city’s imaginative nightlife.
—Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2025
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Rashi Shrivastava, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025
In the kitchen category, scoop up these KitchenAid silicone oven mitts that are marked down to $6 apiece.
—Isabel Garcia, People.com, 11 July 2025
Today—Friday, July 11—is your very last chance to scoop up all the last and best Prime Day deals sitewide—with some last-minute fashion additions worthy of a second (or third) look.
—Kristina Rutkowski, Vogue, 11 July 2025
International artists, chefs and designers arrived, scooping up inexpensive studio spaces, opening restaurants and integrating themselves into the city’s imaginative nightlife.
—Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2025
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“Scoop up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scoop%20up. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.
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