shut up shop
UK (mainly US close up shop)Definition
› to end an activity, usually a business activity, either temporarily or permanently: Many companies are considering shutting up shop in this country and transferring production to low wage economies.Starting, succeeding and failing in business
(Definition of shut up shop from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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shut sth away phrasal verb
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shut sth in sth phrasal verb
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shut sth off phrasal verb (AREA)
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shut sth off phrasal verb (SUPPLY)
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shut sth out phrasal verb
- shut up shop idiom
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shut verb (CLOSE)
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shut verb (STOP OPERATING)
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shut your eyes to sth idiom
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shut your mouth/face idiom
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shut yourself away phrasal verb
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Synonyms and related words:
- administration noun (BUSINESS CLOSING)
- axe noun
- bankrupt verb
- bankruptcy noun
- branch out phrasal verb
- charter verb (OFFICIAL START)
- dying adjective
- establishment noun (START)
- float verb (BUSINESS)
- growing pains noun (DIFFICULTIES)
- locate verb (MOVE)
- moribund adjective
- official receiver noun
- organic growth noun
- prosper verb
- receiver noun (PERSON)
- receivership noun
- shut (sth) down phrasal verb
- wind (sth) down phrasal verb
- wind sth up phrasal verb
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