to shop
1
8.0
- verb
- /ʃɑp/
- Informal
- You gonna shop it around at school?
Examples
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I gotta dig up the facts and then I gotta shop it around to every paper in town.
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Todd Archer brings up the idea of shopping Mike Jenkins.
Blog text (12) -
Look, you can shop it around if you want, boys.
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Tell me why I shouldn't shop you.
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This man been out there shopping our stuff around trying to get money for Ruthless.
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Is it really correct that students are expected to shop (grass on) one another?
Blog text (21) -
"You have to be flexible and really shop around," Reid says.
Blog text (7) -
And yet the Marlins are apparently shopping for alternatives a day after the season ends.
Blog text (15) -
Legislation enacted in the mid-2000s moved class-action lawsuits to federal courts, instead of allowing attorneys to shop around to plaintiff-friendly jurisdictions.
Academic text (2010) -
If you see any suspicious activity, don't hesitate to shop the information to the authorities.
Synonyms
533
1.6
To tell someone in authority that a person has broken a rule or law
130
3.4
Tell a secret on purpose or by accident
119
8.8
To betray others by telling secret information about them
51
7.9
To secretly tell the police or a person in charge about someone's bad actions
47
4.4
To report to a person in charge that someone did something wrong so they get in trouble
24
4.6
Tell someone's secret to other people
15
6.8
To secretly tell the police about someone's illegal actions
1
9.9
To tell the police or a teacher that someone did something wrong
1
9.9
To tell the police that someone has done something wrong
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
3
7.2
A clumsy or careless person who causes damage in delicate situations
- Offensive
1
7.8
A person who is clumsy and insensitive in delicate situations
- Informal
A person who thinks they are special and sometimes feels out of place
Phrasal Verbs
6
4.0
To check prices for the same item at different stores or websites before you buy
Compounds
- Specialized
13
3.7
A workshop where people use tools to cut and shape metal or hard materials
- US
11
1.3
A place where hairdressers cut and style hair and give treatments for skin and nails
- US
9
3.1
A school course where students learn hands-on skills like building things from wood or metal
- Jargon
3
6.5
A conversation about work that uses words only people in the same job understand
- Specialized
3
3.4
The area in a factory where workers use machines to make or assemble goods
- UK
1
3.3
An online page, like a shop website or social media, that shows products to attract customers
1
3.9
A shop where people leave things to get a loan that may be sold if not paid back
- Archaic
A shop in the past that sold cheap ready-made clothes often used by sailors
How Willing
24
4.6
15
6.8
- Informal
1
8.0
- Informal
10
7.0
119
2.0
208
2.5
Surface Forms
Etymology
Shop as slang meaning 'to inform' is used when someone tells the police or a manager about another person, and a helpful way to remember it is to think of 'shopping' someone to the authorities.