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shut up shop1Cease trading.Sharon Hudson, who runs furniture shop The Town House in Micklegate, said she was shutting up shop at lunchtime....- Corus can make more money by shutting up shop and moving abroad.
- He is even considering shutting up shop while the work is on because no one - except for hungry roadworkers - will be able to get to him.
1.1 informal Cease doing something: flowers that come in one great burst, then shut up shop for the rest of the year...- The Britain in Europe campaign is shutting up shop, firing its regional directors.
- A meeting was held and we came very close to shutting up shop.
- So why is horse racing simply waiting for things to get worse - and awaiting official instructions - rather than shutting up shop?
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