shop around

verb

shopped around; shopping around; shops around

1

: to look for the most suitable item or service for the lowest price

Shop around first before you buy a car.

She is shopping around for a bank with low fees.

2

: to try to get a company to publish or produce (something)

He shopped his manuscript around, but no publishers were interested.

Examples of shop around in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Consider, too, shopping around online before getting started. — Matt Richardson, CBS News, 26 June 2026

Data center developers can shop around for a quote, both in terms of price and schedule, by requesting connection from multiple regional grids. — IEEE Spectrum, 24 June 2026

Several food trucks will set up shop around Mears Park, too. — Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 24 June 2026

There aren’t many other obvious trade candidates, but fellow right-handed defenseman Will Borgen is another to shop around (his value is likely less than Schneider’s), as well as any of New York’s excess bottom-six forwards prospects. — Vincent Z. Mercogliano, New York Times, 23 June 2026

Rhymes for shop around

• aboveground
• battleground
• belowground
• paperbound
• turnaround
• ultrasound
• underground
• wraparound
• abound
• aground
• astound
• background