Money & finance
retail therapy
shopping to improve your mood
Retail therapy is shopping that you do because it makes you feel happier.
Hear it in real life
Why did you buy another pair of shoes?
I needed some retail therapy.
After a stressful week, I sometimes do a bit of retail therapy.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I made some retail therapy yesterday.
Say: I did some retail therapy yesterday.
The fixed verb is “do,” not “make,” in this expression.
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How it fits in a sentence.
do retail therapy; use shopping as retail therapy
Your turn: say it out loud
After a stressful week, I sometimes do a bit of retail therapy.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
retail therapy
shopping to improve your mood
“After a stressful week, I sometimes do a bit of retail therapy.”
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