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

Recent Examples on the Web

Deputies are still searching for three other suspects: two men who entered the shop around the same time as Davis and the driver of the getaway vehicle. —Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 26 Feb. 2025

The police are still looking for three other suspects involved in the incident: two men who entered the shop around the same time as Mr. Davis did and the driver of the getaway vehicle. —Simon J. Levien, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025

Do shop around, though, because there are bargains to be had. —Marla Jo Fisher, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2025

Guests can end a day of sight-seeing and shopping around the French Quarter with a luxurious soak in the clawfoot tub, or try their hand at Cafe Du Monde’s world-famous beignets in the full chef’s kitchen. —Erika Owen, Architectural Digest, 16 Jan. 2025

Rhymes for shop around

• aboveground
• battleground
• belowground
• paperbound
• turnaround
• ultrasound
• underground
• wraparound
• abound
• aground
• astound
• background