shop around

Preise vergleichen, sich umsehen

Vor einem Kauf oder einer Entscheidung Preise oder Angebote an verschiedenen Stellen vergleichen.

In einfachem Englisch: To compare prices or other choices at different places before deciding what to buy or choose.

• Shop around before you buy.
• We shopped around for cheaper car insurance.
• Have you shopped around to compare different builders?

So benutzt man es: shop around for something (Shop around for a better insurance deal.); shop around before doing something (We shopped around before choosing a builder.)

Synonyme: compare prices, compare options

Häufige Wendungen: shop around for something, shop around first

sich umsehen, Angebote vergleichen

Verschiedene Möglichkeiten prüfen, bevor man entscheidet, welche man möchte.

In einfachem Englisch: To look at several possible choices before deciding which one you want.

• Shop around before you decide.
• He shopped around for a new tennis coach.
• Are you shopping around for better insurance?

So benutzt man es: shop around for someone/something (She is shopping around for a better employer.)

Synonyme: look around, compare options

Häufige Wendungen: shop around, shop around for something

mehreren Interessenten anbieten

Etwas mehreren Personen oder Unternehmen anbieten, in der Hoffnung, dass jemand es annimmt oder kauft.

In einfachem Englisch: To offer something to several people or companies, hoping someone will accept or buy it.

• He shopped his idea around.
• She is shopping around her novel to publishers.
• They shopped the project around until a studio agreed.

So benutzt man es: shop something around to someone (She shopped her screenplay around to several producers.)

Synonyme: pitch, offer

Häufige Wendungen: shop something around, shop around a script