shop around

phrasal verb

shopped around; shopping around; shops around

: 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.

: 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 When asked if the agreement would allow customers to shop around instead of transferring their contracts to Avio, the European Space Agency’s head of strategy and institutional launches, Lucia Linares, gave a diplomatic non-answer. —

Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 12 July 2024 When shopping around for fixer-upper homes, make sure the house is safe and livable enough not to cause any health and safety issues, Sargsyan explained. —

Ana Teresa Solá, CNBC, 11 July 2024 Finished for months and having been shopped around at the likes of the Cannes film market in mid-2023, the movie has not been picked up by any buyers so far. —

Dominic Patten, Deadline, 9 July 2024 The state insurance department recommends shopping around annually to determine if there are better rates available. —

Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 4 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for shop around

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