shopping trip

collocation in English

meaningsofshoppingandtrip

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shopping
noun[U]
uk
/ˈʃɒp.ɪŋ/us
/ˈʃɑː.pɪŋ/
the activity of buying things ...
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trip
noun
uk
/trɪp/us
/trɪp/
a journey in which you go somewhere, usually for a short time, and come ...
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(Definition ofshoppingandtripfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofshopping trip

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Buying local agricultural products generally involves an extrashoppingtrip, perhaps on a specific day of the week, to a specialized outlet.
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In a traditionalshoppingtrip, the buyer interacts with vendors directly by visiting their shops.
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Another common cause is inadequate dietary intake, which may be coupled with unaccustomed exercise such as spring-cleaning or ashoppingtrip.
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In addition, many of the buses run at inconvenient times, making a half-hourshoppingtriplast three or four hours.
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A quarter of them never make ashoppingtripand one-third never visit relatives or friends.
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And this is of major importance when it comes to the dailyshoppingtrip.
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They are often used for "topping up" where an item or two suddenly becomes immediately necessary: because visitors have arrived or something has been forgotten from the weeklyshoppingtrip.
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A local householder returns from ashoppingtripto find two youths in his garage, which contains some old cans of paint, two rusty bikes and three ancient electrical appliances.
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Thisshoppingtripserves as motivation for many of the contestants.
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When he arrives home from a briefshoppingtrip, the two discuss their estrangement.
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In an attempt to bond, the trio go on ashoppingtrip.
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The list may be compiled immediately before theshoppingtripor incrementally as shopping needs arise throughout the week.
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They leave the house to depart for ashoppingtrip, but leave a towel on the stove, starting a house fire.
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She is, however, not carrying any bags that she would have had from hershoppingtrip, and again she is apparently unaccompanied.
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Normally the lunch is in a high-class restaurant, but could also take place in a department store during ashoppingtrip.
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The next day the girls went on an elephant trek andshoppingtrip.
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The former coal miner had not been seen since setting out on a localshoppingtripfive days earlier.
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The price of each outfit is determined by overall style as well as each contestant's behavior during the previousshoppingtrip.
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