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Definition of shop verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

     

    shop

     verb
    verb
    NAmE//ʃɑp//
     
    Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they shop
     
     he / she / it shops
     
     past simple shopped
     
     -ing form shopping
     
     
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  1. 1[intransitive] shop (for something) to buy things in stores to shop for food He likes to shop at the local market. She was determined to go out and shop till she dropped. see comparison-shop
  2. 2go shopping [intransitive] to spend time going to stores and looking for things to buy There should be plenty of time to go shopping before we leave New York. “Where's mom?” “She went shopping.”
    3. Phrasal Verbsshop around
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