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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Procase Travel-size Jewelry Box Rather than toss your rings, bracelets, and earrings into a clear Ziploc bag, scoop up this $9 travel-friendly jewelry case ahead of your next flight.
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Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2025
Big Surf is currently registered to a Greenville, South Carolina address that’s linked to Altman’s Napa Valley ranch, his Hydrazine venture capital funds, and according to the Real Deal, an LLC that scooped up three more lots near his San Francisco home in January.
—Phoebe Liu, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Join the thousands of shoppers who have already scooped up these under-the-radar sales that are about to disappear.
—Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
Avril Chown – who had brought Paul Shaffer along to play piano at her original Godspell audition, which led to him being scooped up as musical director – landed a lead role on the CBS kids’ show The Hudson Brothers Razzle Dazzle Show.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 7 Sep. 2025
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Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2025
Big Surf is currently registered to a Greenville, South Carolina address that’s linked to Altman’s Napa Valley ranch, his Hydrazine venture capital funds, and according to the Real Deal, an LLC that scooped up three more lots near his San Francisco home in January.
—Phoebe Liu, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Join the thousands of shoppers who have already scooped up these under-the-radar sales that are about to disappear.
—Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
Avril Chown – who had brought Paul Shaffer along to play piano at her original Godspell audition, which led to him being scooped up as musical director – landed a lead role on the CBS kids’ show The Hudson Brothers Razzle Dazzle Show.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 7 Sep. 2025
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“Scoop up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scoop%20up. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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