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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Produced by Universal Television, part of Universal Studio Group, there are no plans to shop around the project, with Season 5’s finale tomorrow serving as the show’s conclusion.
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Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 3 May 2025
Schulz said savers who shop around can find plenty of offers involving one-year and five-year CDs with yields of 4% or more.
—Susan Tompor, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025
In 2019, the Department of Education abolished the regional boundaries, allowing schools to shop around for an accreditor that suits them.
—Emma Whitford, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
In a world with nationwide injunctions, plaintiffs can shop around for the one judge in America who is most likely to be sympathetic to their cause, and potentially secure a court order that no other judge would hand down.
—Ian Millhiser, Vox, 9 May 2025
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Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 3 May 2025
Schulz said savers who shop around can find plenty of offers involving one-year and five-year CDs with yields of 4% or more.
—Susan Tompor, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025
In 2019, the Department of Education abolished the regional boundaries, allowing schools to shop around for an accreditor that suits them.
—Emma Whitford, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
In a world with nationwide injunctions, plaintiffs can shop around for the one judge in America who is most likely to be sympathetic to their cause, and potentially secure a court order that no other judge would hand down.
—Ian Millhiser, Vox, 9 May 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 4 Jun. 2025.
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