Idiom
big shop
Meaning
A large, regular purchase of groceries; as opposed to ad hoc or impulse purchases.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I need to do the big shop this Saturday.”
“We usually do the big shop on Sunday mornings so we have enough food for the whole week.”
“After returning from their long vacation, they realized the pantry was completely empty and immediately headed to the supermarket for a big shop.”
Examples
simple
“I need to do the big shop this Saturday.”
contextual
“We usually do the big shop on Sunday mornings so we have enough food for the whole week.”
complex
“After returning from their long vacation, they realized the pantry was completely empty and immediately headed to the supermarket for a big shop.”
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