shop
verb [I] (BUY THINGS) /ʃɒp/
/ʃɑːp/ (-pp-)Definition
B1 to buy things in shops: I like to shop at Harrods for clothes. If I'm just shopping for food, I tend to go to the local supermarket.Buying
(Definition of shop verb (BUY THINGS) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- Business - general words
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- Firing staff
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Synonyms and related words:
- bid noun (OFFER)
- bidding war noun
- bite verb (SHOW INTEREST)
- brand loyalty noun
- bulk-buy verb
- buy into sth phrasal verb (BUSINESS)
- import noun (BRINGING IN)
- import verb
- kick the tires idiom
- on the slate idiom
- order form noun
- order sth in phrasal verb
- outbid verb
- panic buying noun
- run noun (BUY)
- shop around phrasal verb
- shopping noun
- stock up phrasal verb
- trade sth in phrasal verb
- trade-in noun
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