retail therapy

noun

1. humorous,  the action of shopping for clothes, etc, in order to cheer oneself up

Example Sentences

But no one escapes the brutal moral accounting, not even Jackie, after she suffers a tragedy no amount of retail therapy will ever make right.

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This certainly wasn’t retail therapy to chase away a bad mood.

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Sip on boba at the park We might do some retail therapy.

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A day of retail therapy can be just the ticket for some people to help them feel better about themselves.

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It was a space where my girlfriends and I found community, a shared sense of purpose, a quest for something larger, and retail therapy that was within our limited means.

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