- shopping list
- shopping list1. Lit. a list of things one needs to buy. •
I made up a shopping list for groceries that we are out of.
•Don't forget to take the shopping list with you to the store.
2. Fig. a list of things, especially questions or things one wants. •I have a shopping list of absolute musts.
•He showed up for the interview with a shopping list so long that it took two pages.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.