shop around

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› to compare the price and quality of items in different stores before you decide which one to buy: Did you shop around when you were looking for your car?

(Definition of shop around from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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shooter n WEAPONS
shooting n
shooting star n
shootout n GUNS
shootout n SPORTS
shop around phrasal verb
shop n PLACE TO BUY THINGS
shop n WORK AREA
shop v BUY THINGS
shoplift v
shopper n

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