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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Crim scooped up the one-hopper to complete the inning-ending double play.
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Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 21 Sep. 2025
The company’s site was overwhelmed by fans and attacks from brokers’ bots, which were scooping up tickets to sell on secondary sites.
—Nino Paoli, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2025
Investors still love the Magnificent Seven Despite the red flags, investors are still scooping up Magnificent Seven stocks.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
Thanks to that Hail Mary pass of a merger proposal Alex brought in to block her billionaire then-boyfriend and handsome skeezeball Paul Marks from scooping up the flailing network, the merged networks of UBA and NBN are now known as UBN.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025
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Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 21 Sep. 2025
The company’s site was overwhelmed by fans and attacks from brokers’ bots, which were scooping up tickets to sell on secondary sites.
—Nino Paoli, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2025
Investors still love the Magnificent Seven Despite the red flags, investors are still scooping up Magnificent Seven stocks.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
Thanks to that Hail Mary pass of a merger proposal Alex brought in to block her billionaire then-boyfriend and handsome skeezeball Paul Marks from scooping up the flailing network, the merged networks of UBA and NBN are now known as UBN.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025
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“Scoop up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scoop%20up. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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