Collocations for "shop"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "shop" in context.
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shop
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [shoe, thrift, tourist, computer, stationery, furniture, barber] shop
- [an online, an internet, a pop-up] shop
- a family- [owned, run, managed] shop
- a [large, small, cool, great, busy] shop
- an [auto, electronics] repair shop
- the [daily, weekly, household] shop
- [open, close, set up] a shop
- open (up) shop in [Chicago]
- [live, work] above a shop
- [build, design, launch] an online shop
- [stop, we're just] talking shop
- a [slow, busy, great] day at the shop
- the shop [sign, door, entrance]
- the shop [owner, assistant, manager]
- shop talk
- shop for [shoes, bargains]
- shop by [brand, category, price]
- shop [by telephone, online]
- shop till you drop
- shop and [order, compare, save, buy]
- shop (around) for a new [TV, car, stereo]
- shop around for [the best, a good] deal
- slang, UK: shopped him (to the police)
'shop' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Jewish
- Monday
- Wednesday
- appliance
- apprentice
- apron
- art
- bait
- bargain
- bay
- beauty
- bedding
- bike
- blind
- body
- browse
- buck
- butcher
- buy
- chap
- charity
- chip
- clerk
- close
- closing
- coffee
- consignment
- cop
- costume
- counter
- dead
- directory
- entice
- factory
- fillet
- flatter
- floor
- flower
- front
- furnish
- gift
- gun
- head
- hobby
- home
- internet
- jewel
- joke
- juice
- knife