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# {{lb|en|colloquial}} To [[stop]] what one is doing, especially in the context of a [[business]]. |
# {{lb|en|colloquial}} To [[stop]] what one is doing, especially in the context of a [[business]]. |
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#: ''Schwartz’s Yiddish Art Theater '''closed up shop''' in the early 1950s, but show business carries on: the site is now a multiplex.'' [http://travel.nytimes.com/2007/01/26/travel/escapes/26yiddish.html?8dpc] |
#: ''Schwartz’s Yiddish Art Theater '''closed up shop''' in the early 1950s, but show business carries on: the site is now a multiplex.'' [http://travel.nytimes.com/2007/01/26/travel/escapes/26yiddish.html?8dpc] |
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Revision as of 00:22, 13 January 2020
English
Verb
- (colloquial) To stop what one is doing, especially in the context of a business.
- Schwartz’s Yiddish Art Theater closed up shop in the early 1950s, but show business carries on: the site is now a multiplex. [1]
- Synonym: (UK) shut up shop
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