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!" | |
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." | |
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 | 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 |
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." |