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.
Examples of shop around in a Sentence
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Now the show is being shopped around for a new deal, with Swift herself sporting a New Heights baseball cap at Coachella earlier this month.
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Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Apr. 2024
Over 30 years since the premiere of the popular '90s drama, PEOPLE can confirm a revival is in development at CBS Studios and being shopped around to networks and streamers with three of the show's original stars attached: Heather Locklear, Laura Leighton and Daphne Zuniga.
—Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 11 Apr. 2024
Many consumers with strong credit histories can shop around and find auto manufacturers offering interest rates of 3% or lower on some cars and trucks, Smoke said.
—Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 20 Mar. 2024
In the hot package being shopped around town, Emmy, Critics’ Choice and Golden Globe Award winner Paul Walter Hauser is attached to star as the legendary comedian.
—Katcy Stephan, Variety, 12 Apr. 2024
Boudin Bakery, a San Francisco company with more than a dozen bakery shops around the Bay Area, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
—Ethan Baron, The Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2024
Polls would be shopped around for weeks, including candidates who ran last time and have maintained a decent following among the liberal base, such as Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, who won the Iowa caucuses in 2020, or Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
—Phillip M. Bailey, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2024
Now, his brand operates 17 shops around the world, including a stall at the downtown Miami food hall Julie & Henry’s.
—Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2024
There's going to be more opportunity to shop around, and likely a wider array of services, from deluxe agents who charge a premium price to discount agents with more limited services — similar to what exists in other markets like stock brokers and travel agents.
—Scott Horsley, NPR, 22 Mar. 2024
Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Apr. 2024
Over 30 years since the premiere of the popular '90s drama, PEOPLE can confirm a revival is in development at CBS Studios and being shopped around to networks and streamers with three of the show's original stars attached: Heather Locklear, Laura Leighton and Daphne Zuniga.
—Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 11 Apr. 2024
Many consumers with strong credit histories can shop around and find auto manufacturers offering interest rates of 3% or lower on some cars and trucks, Smoke said.
—Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 20 Mar. 2024
In the hot package being shopped around town, Emmy, Critics’ Choice and Golden Globe Award winner Paul Walter Hauser is attached to star as the legendary comedian.
—Katcy Stephan, Variety, 12 Apr. 2024
Boudin Bakery, a San Francisco company with more than a dozen bakery shops around the Bay Area, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
—Ethan Baron, The Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2024
Polls would be shopped around for weeks, including candidates who ran last time and have maintained a decent following among the liberal base, such as Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, who won the Iowa caucuses in 2020, or Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
—Phillip M. Bailey, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2024
Now, his brand operates 17 shops around the world, including a stall at the downtown Miami food hall Julie & Henry’s.
—Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2024
There's going to be more opportunity to shop around, and likely a wider array of services, from deluxe agents who charge a premium price to discount agents with more limited services — similar to what exists in other markets like stock brokers and travel agents.
—Scott Horsley, NPR, 22 Mar. 2024
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“Shop around.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shop%20around. Accessed 2 May. 2024.
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