go shopping
idiom
: to visit places where goods are sold in order to look at and buy things
We went shopping for a gift at the mall.
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Still, Dalton is now 1-6 as a starter in spot duty for the Panthers, and this game showed that Carolina is going to have to go shopping for a better veteran in the 2026 offseason, if not before.
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Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 26 Oct. 2025
For the descent stage, Lockheed would go shopping.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 24 Oct. 2025
Will Lynch go shopping to bolster the roster soon?
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2025
Blount used the money to pay her rent, go shopping at Saks and Belk, order from Amazon and UberEats and make a $15,750 payment to a used car dealership, records show.
—Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025
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Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 26 Oct. 2025
For the descent stage, Lockheed would go shopping.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 24 Oct. 2025
Will Lynch go shopping to bolster the roster soon?
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2025
Blount used the money to pay her rent, go shopping at Saks and Belk, order from Amazon and UberEats and make a $15,750 payment to a used car dealership, records show.
—Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025
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“Go shopping.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/go%20shopping. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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