in the market for

Meaning

1. in the market for sth

   interested in buying sth

   I'm not in the market for a new car at the moment.

In the movies · 218

• Are you in the market for a used car but don't have good credit?Barbarian2022
• She's in the market for a perm.Slap Shot1977
• I'm in the market for a useless, old, broken-down machine. What do you got?Men in Black: International2019
• Now you've got to be in the market for more of these candied yams.Cast Away2000
• Aye, let you see what you're in the market for, Maclntyre.Local Hero1983
• The market will stabilize.Too Big to Fail2011
• We were in the market.Avengers: Age of Ultron2015
• Yes, Joan's at the market.The Imitation Game2014

From the same entry

• on the market
• on the open market
• play the market
• a buyer's market
• price yourself out of the market
• a seller's market