close up shop — {v. phr.} 1. To shut a store at the end of a day s business, also, to end a business. * /The grocer closes up shop at 5 o clock./ * /After 15 years in business at the same spot, the garage closed up shop./ 2. {informal} To stop some activity;… … Dictionary of American idioms
close up shop — {v. phr.} 1. To shut a store at the end of a day s business, also, to end a business. * /The grocer closes up shop at 5 o clock./ * /After 15 years in business at the same spot, the garage closed up shop./ 2. {informal} To stop some activity;… … Dictionary of American idioms
close up shop — “ phrasal 1. : to shut up shop 2. : to cease all activities * * * I see shop II close (or shut) up shop cease business or operation, either temporarily or permanently the cafes must shut up shop by July 22 … Useful english dictionary
close up shop — to stop doing business. Poulin says high taxes and global competition have forced him to close up shop. Opposite of: set up shop … New idioms dictionary
close up shop — verb To stop what one is doing, especially the context of a business. Schwartz’s Yiddish Art Theater closed up shop in the early 1950s, but show business carries on: the site is now a multiplex. [ … Wiktionary
close — close1 W1S1 [kləuz US klouz] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(shut)¦ 2¦(move parts together)¦ 3¦(shut for period of time)¦ 4¦(stop operating)¦ 5¦(end)¦ 6 close an account 7¦(in money markets)¦ 8 close a deal/sale/contract etc 9¦(offer finishes)¦ … Dictionary of contemporary English
shop — shop1 [ ʃap ] noun ** 1. ) count a place where you buy things or where you pay for a service: STORE: We ate lunch at a little coffee shop. a copy/barber/pawn shop: I need to go to the pawn shop and to get my watch back. a ) only before noun… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
shop — noun (esp. BrE) ⇨ See also ↑store ADJECTIVE ▪ corner (BrE), local, village ▪ high street (BrE) ▪ busy ▪ exclusive … Collocations dictionary
shop — shop1 W1S1 [ʃɔp US ʃa:p] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(place where you buy things)¦ 2¦(place which makes/repairs things)¦ 3¦(school subject)¦ 4 set up shop 5 shut up shop 6 talk shop 7 all over the shop 8¦(go shopping)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [: Old English; Origin … Dictionary of contemporary English
shop — 1 noun 1 PLACE WHERE YOU BUY THINGS (C) a) BrE a building or part of a building where things are sold to the public; store AmE: The shops in town close at 5.30. | toy shop/pet shop etc: Have you seen that new shoe shop? b) a small shop that sells … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
