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| Geld scheffeln; Gewinn einstecken; aufschaufeln | |||
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| aufnehmen; laden (mechanisch) | |||
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to lift something or someone quickly with your hands or arms (The child flung her arms around him as he knelt to scoop her up.  macmillandictionary.com • Ralph scooped up a handful of dirt.); take out or up with or as if with a scoop (People are also using empty oil drums to scoop up as much oil as possible from shallower waters. vocabulary.com); to pick up or clear up by scooping (You need to go in the backseat, scoop up all those little pieces of brain and skull. Get it out of there. wiktionary.org • I bent down and with both hands I scooped up as much of this pissshit as I could.); to lift something or someone with your hands or arms in a quick movement (She scooped the children up and ran with them to safety. cambridge.org • I scooped up my belongings into my handbag.
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| to take or buy something in a quick and eager way (Customers scooped up the free samples. merriam-webster.com); if a lot of people scoop something up, they buy it quickly so that soon there is none left (Fans scooped up the trading cards in the first few hours of the sale. ldoceonline.com) | |||
