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shut up shop shut up shopTo cease business operations for any length of time (often permanently). I loved that restaurant, so I'm very disappointed that it shut up shop. The owner always shuts up shop for two weeks in the summer to accommodate her vacation.See also: shop, shut, upshut up shop BRITISH or close up shop mainly AMERICANIf a person or organization shuts up shop or closes up shop, they close their business, often because they are not making enough money. Unless business picks up soon, some of the 245 foreign-owned banks in Switzerland may have to shut up shop. Mr. Lemoyne had reluctantly closed up shop when the library had reached a rock-bottom membership of eleven.See also: shop, shut, upshut up shop 1 cease trading, either temporarily or permanently. 2 stop some activity. informalSee also: shop, shut, upshut up ˈshop (British English, informal) close a business permanently or stop working for the day: The family ran a small grocer’s for years, but when the old man died they shut up shop. ♢ It’s 6 o’clock — time to shut up shop and go home.See also: shop, shut, up |