close up shop
Frequency: 6.57.1 per million words
To cease operating a business, either for the day or permanently.
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- We usually close up shop around 9 PM every evening.
- It started to rain heavily, so we decided to close up shop early yesterday.
- After 50 years, the old bookstore has finally closed up shop for good.
- If sales don't improve, we'll have to close up shop permanently.
- What time do you typically close up shop on weekends?
- It was a difficult decision to close up shop, but we had no other choice.
- The street vendors started to close up shop as the sun began to set.
- Due to the pandemic, many small businesses were forced to close up shop.
- Let's finish this last order, and then we can close up shop for the night.
- After the project's funding was cut, the research team had to close up shop.