Dictionary

set up shop en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. To physically arrange a shop or workplace.
   • He set up shop in his garage every Saturday.
2. (idiomatic) To establish a business.
   • […] these companies could enjoy support required to set up shop for the long term. 2010 September, Derek Rapp, "Good Company", St. Louis magazine, ISSN 1090-5723, volume 16, issue 9, page 80
   • They set up shop as venture capitalists on Sand Hill Road.
   • Homer’s entrepreneurial spirit proves altogether overly infectious. Homer gives Barney a pep talk when he encounters him dressed up like a baby handing out fliers (Barney in humiliating costumes=always funny) and it isn’t long until Barney has purchased a truck of his own and set up shop as the Plow King. 2012 June 3, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Mr. Plow” (season 4, episode 9; originally aired 11/19/1992)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):

Forms

Antonyms

close up shop

Relateds

set out one's stall

Synonyms

hang out one's shingle

Translations (11)

es abrir un establecimiento (to establish a business) · pl założyć interes (physically arrange a shop or workplace) · pl zakładać interes (physically arrange a shop or workplace) · fi perustaa (to establish a business) · es montar un local (to establish a business) · es fundar una empresa (to establish a business) · fi avata (physically arrange a shop or workplace) · fi pystyttää (physically arrange a shop or workplace) · pl zacząć działalność (to establish a business) · es establecer un negocio (to establish a business) · pl zaczynać działalność (to establish a business)