shop the stores

idiom

US
: to look throughout stores for something
They shopped the stores in search of gift ideas.

Examples of shop the stores in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Customers can still shop the stores' major product categories such as laptops and cellphones, but there are fewer items on the sales floor with the most popular products on display. Nicole Norfleet, Star Tribune, 12 Dec. 2020

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“Shop the stores.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shop%20the%20stores. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.

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