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.

Examples of scoop up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Crypto researchers reported that about two dozen unknown buyers scooped up cheap $MELANIA in the minutes before the First Lady announced the token’s début, then flipped them for a profit of $99.6 million. —David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2025

But the biggest payout of all is the $14.3 billion Meta spent to acquire half of Scale AI and scoop up its cofounder, 28-year-old Alexandr Wang, who is now Meta’s first-ever chief AI officer. —Alyson Shontell, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2025

Logan scored four goals, had five assists and scooped up 119 loose balls while appearing in 19 games last season. —Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Aug. 2025

The water, scooped up from the holy river Ganges, is destined for the pilgrims’ local temples. —Aishwarya S. Iyer, CNN Money, 25 July 2025

Rhymes for scoop up

• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup
• markup