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mind the store
(redirected from watch the store)

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mind the store and watch the store
Fig. to take care of local matters. Please stay here in the office and mind the store while I go to the conference. I had to stay home and watch the store when Ann went to Boston.
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mind the store  (American)
to be responsible for dealing with arrangements at work or at home while the person who is usually responsible is not there So who's going to be minding the store while your manager's away?
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mind the store
to be responsible for the operation of a business or organization The governor was on vacation then, and he was clearly not minding the store.
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West Midlands Assistant Chief Fire Officer Robert Hulland later claimed firefighters could only watch the store on the Stechford Retail Park being destroyed as it did not have the added protection of a sprinkler system.
 
 
 
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