SCOOP UP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does scoop up mean? 

• SCOOP UP (verb)
  The verb SCOOP UP has 1 sense:

1. take out or up with or as if with a scoop

  Familiarity information: SCOOP UP used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCOOP UP (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Take out or up with or as if with a scoop

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

lift out; scoop; scoop out; scoop up; take up

Context example:

scoop the sugar out of the container

Hypernyms (to "scoop up" is one way to...):

remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "scoop up"):

dip (scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

 Context examples 

You will increasingly find yourself in the right place at the right time to scoop up enviable opportunities that take advantage of your unique talents.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)