From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishshop around phrasal verbBUYCHOOSEto compare the price and quality of different things before you decide which to buy for Take time to shop around for the best deal. → shop→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
shop around• Never buy the first car you see. Always shop around.• Shop around a little bit before you choose a therapist.• You should shop around for a better price.• I spent a couple of weeks shopping around for the lowest insurance rates.• If you shop around you could probably get the camera a lot cheaper.shop for• Owners shop around for a new-stadium deal.• McLaren then began shopping around for another label, pointedly ignoring Virgin.• Our main 1979 survey suggested that weekly-collection credit users do not shop around for bargains as much as others.• The guide prices indicated are the manufacturers' recommended retail prices - it's worth shopping around for the best buy.• We shopped around for the best deal on a new car.• Houses will be equipped with radio transmitters, allowing callers to shop around for the best deals.• Selected colors and shopped around for the best insurance rates.• Have the flexibility of being able to shop around for the best possible deals and get the best professional advice.• I am too lazy to be shopping around for the best rate every three years.From Longman Business Dictionaryshop around phrasal verb [intransitive] to compare the price and quality of different things before you decide what to buy forShop around for the best interest rates. → see also shopping → shop→ See Verb table 