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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It’s scooped up a few awards, including an Allure Best of Beauty prize.
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Jihan Forbes, Allure, 10 Jan. 2025
Loan demand from consumers and businesses in China has been lackluster, which has cause banks to scoop up government bonds, pressurizing yields.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 10 Jan. 2025
Once a celebrated architect in his native Hungary, he’s eventually scooped up by a wealthy industrialist (Guy Pearce), who commissions László to design and build an exorbitant community center.
—Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025
Last week, The Atlantic poached political reporters Ashley Parker and Michael Scherer, the Times scooped up White House reporter Tyler Pager, the Wall Street Journal nabbed investigative politics reporter Josh Dawsey, and Puck poached veteran journalist Leigh Ann Caldwell.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2025
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Jihan Forbes, Allure, 10 Jan. 2025
Loan demand from consumers and businesses in China has been lackluster, which has cause banks to scoop up government bonds, pressurizing yields.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 10 Jan. 2025
Once a celebrated architect in his native Hungary, he’s eventually scooped up by a wealthy industrialist (Guy Pearce), who commissions László to design and build an exorbitant community center.
—Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025
Last week, The Atlantic poached political reporters Ashley Parker and Michael Scherer, the Times scooped up White House reporter Tyler Pager, the Wall Street Journal nabbed investigative politics reporter Josh Dawsey, and Puck poached veteran journalist Leigh Ann Caldwell.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Scoop up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scoop%20up. Accessed 15 Jan. 2025.
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