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mind the store en · VERB
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(literally) To remain present in a retail business, in order to maintain the security of the premises and to serve customers.
His mother, Ruth Jones, helps mind the store and both his wife, Michelle, and his father, James Jones, make gifts to sell in the shop.
1986, Clara Herron, "1790 homestead shelters shops," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 13 Feb., p. 17 (retrieved 16 Sep. 2008)
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(broadly, idiomatic) To take active responsibility for a group or process, especially within an organization.
The Administration and Congress have had to prove they are at least attempting to mind the store.
2005 Sept. 18, Daniel Eisenberg, "How to Spend (Almost) $1 Billion A Day," Time
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mind the shop