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Christine Christie Posted 5 years ago
Grammar

Scooped up

Consider the following sentence:


"I scooped up my belongings into my handbag."


Does 'to scoop up' mean 'to put'?

  

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Christine Christie Does 'to scoop up' mean 'to put'? No. It means to collect and lift by scooping, that is, as if using a scoop.

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  • Christine Christie Does 'to scoop up' mean 'to put'?
  • No.
  • It means to collect and lift by scooping, that is, as if using a scoop.
  • You can't scoop anything up into anything.
  • You could scoop your belongings into your handbag, but the image would have to be right for the context.
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Christine ChristieDoes 'to scoop up' mean 'to put'?

No. It means to collect and lift by scooping, that is, as if using a scoop. You can't scoop anything up into anything. You could scoop your belongings into your handbag, but the image would have to be right for the context. It would have to involve a scoop or something that could be visualize

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Christine ChristieDoes 'to scoop up' mean 'to put'?

No. More like 'take' (usually multiple objects or a liquid).

Scooping up coins.

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Here is a hand scoop. It is used to scoop up flour, sugar, dried beans, peas, and similar items.

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