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shop around |
If
you shop around, you visit a number of shops selling
similar articles in order to compare the prices.
"You can usually save money by shopping around. |
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shop till
you drop |
If you shop till you drop, you go shopping for a very long
time,
until you're exhausted.
"If you go to London with Julie you'll shop till you drop, so
take
comfortable shoes!" |
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a shopping spree |
If you go
on a shopping spree, you enjoy a lively outing,
usually with much spending of money.
"Julie enjoys going on a shopping spree during the sales." |
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shopping therapy |
This term refers to the idea that buying things can make you
feel
better.
"A little shopping therapy can usually cheer up bored
teenagers." |
| talk shop
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If you talk shop, you talk about
your work or business in a
social situation with someone you work with,
and make the
conversation boring for the others present.
"I
never go out with my colleagues because we inevitably end up
talking
shop." |
window shopping
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If you do some window shopping, you look at things in shop
windows, without actually purchasing anything.
"I can't buy anything until I get paid, so I'm just window shopping." |
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