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scoop up
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Princeton's WordNet
scoop, scoop out, lift out, scoop up, take upverb
take out or up with or as if with a scoop
"scoop the sugar out of the container"
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scoop upverb
to pick up or clear up by scooping
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scoop up
"Scoop up" is a phrase that generally means to gather, collect, lift, or pick up something (often in a quick or large amount) using a scoop, one's hands, or other methods like machinery, tools, etc. The term can be used literally, as in scooping up sand with a shovel, or figuratively, as in a company scooping up smaller businesses in a series of acquisitions.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of scoop up in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of scoop up in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of scoop up in a Sentence
My advice is to do everything in moderation. Normally, people scoop up mounds of stuff on their plate, and that's where it gets to be a problem. But if you can handle small portion sizes, then that's fine.
I would scoop up these women, bring them into it – into this whirlwind of travel and sex and drugs and big emotions flying around – and then as soon as I was done, I’d just drop them off and move on to the next woman, leaving that woman feeling abandoned or used.
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