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shut up shop

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shut up shop  (British & Australian) also close up shop (mainly American)
to stop doing business, either temporarily or permanently They were forced to shut up shop because they weren't getting enough customers.
See be all over the shop, talk shop
See also: shop, shut, up


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As yours is only a private installation, we'd like you, if you don't mind, sir, to shut up shop for a few days.
If we was to get any lower than bakers, our customers would desert us, and we might shut up shop.
 
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