scoop up

/skup əp/
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Other forms: scooped up; scooping up; scoops up

Definitions of scoop up
  1. verb
    take out or up with or as if with a scoop
    synonyms: lift out, scoop, scoop out, take up
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    types:
    dip
    scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface
    type of:
    remove, take, take away, withdraw
    remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
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