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DictionarySeesetset up shop
set up shop1. Literally, to open or establish a business in a particular location. News of the major retail store setting up shop in the center of town has many local business owners worried.2. By extension, to establish oneself in a particular location for a prolonged period of time. When I was a freelancer, I used to set up shop in my local café everyday, usually in the same seat! There are a few regulars who come in nearly every afternoon and set up shop at the bar until closing time.See also: set, shop, upset up shop somewhereto establish one's place of work somewhere. Mary set up shop in a small office building on Oak Street. The police officer said, "You can't set up shop right here on the sidewalk!"See also: set, shop, somewhere, upset up shopOpen a business, start a profession, as in Now that you've got your degree, where do you plan to set up shop? This idiom was first recorded about 1570. See also: set, shop, upset up shop If someone sets up shop somewhere, they start a business there. No-one in his or her right mind would set up shop in this city today.See also: set, shop, upˌset up ˈshop (especially British English) start a business (in a particular place): He worked as a writer for several years, then set up shop as a small publisher. ♢ The young lawyer set up shop in a new office in the centre of town. OPPOSITE: shut up shopSee also: set, shop, up set up shop To establish one's business operations.See also: set, shop, upset up program set up program(1) See install program.
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