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shops around

shops around is the third-person singular simple present indicative of shop around.

Meaning of shop around

Verb

shop around (third-person singular simple present shops around, present participle shopping around, simple past and past participle shopped around)

  1. (intransitive) To actively search and compare options before making a selection or choice of vendor.
    • He's gone to shop around for a new car.
  2. (intransitive) To actively make a search for an alternative choice of something one has, owns, or wants, without it necessarily involving buying or selling anything.
    • She's shopping around for a new boyfriend.
  3. (transitive) To put something out on offer to multiple parties in the hope one will choose it.
    • He's shopping around his book to several studios. He hopes to get a movie deal.

Questions about shops around

What is shops around the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Shops around is the third-person singular simple present indicative of shop around.

Words near shops around in the dictionary

  1. shoppy
  2. shoppy shop
  3. shoppy shops
  4. shoproom
  5. shops
  6. shops around
  7. shopsful
  8. shopska salad
  9. shopsoiled
  10. shopstead
  11. shopsteaded

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