scoop up
phrasal verb
scooped up; scooping up; scoops up
informal
: to take or buy (something) in a quick and eager way
Customers scooped up the free samples.
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Imagine using it like a tortilla chip to scoop up a loose, lukewarm porridge studded with corn and undercooked onion.
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Adam Erace, Bon Appetit Magazine, 11 Dec. 2025
As reported, Jonathan Anderson scooped up the Designer of the Year at the 2025 Fashion Awards in London earlier this month.
—Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 11 Dec. 2025
Ottawa struck 96 seconds when Batherson scooped up a rebound and lifted it over Markstrom.
—CBS News, 10 Dec. 2025
It has been scooped up by more than 100,000 shoppers in the past month.
—Toni Sutton, PEOPLE, 9 Dec. 2025
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Adam Erace, Bon Appetit Magazine, 11 Dec. 2025
As reported, Jonathan Anderson scooped up the Designer of the Year at the 2025 Fashion Awards in London earlier this month.
—Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 11 Dec. 2025
Ottawa struck 96 seconds when Batherson scooped up a rebound and lifted it over Markstrom.
—CBS News, 10 Dec. 2025
It has been scooped up by more than 100,000 shoppers in the past month.
—Toni Sutton, PEOPLE, 9 Dec. 2025
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“Scoop up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scoop%20up. Accessed 19 Dec. 2025.
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