B2idiominformalbusinessIELTS-friendly
set up shop
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to start a business or begin working in a place
No article before 'shop'. Used for any kind of business, not only shops.
In context
After ten years abroad, she came home and set up shop as a tailor in Hoi An.
Several tech firms have set up shop in the new business park.
More idioms about business
- a ballpark figurea rough number that is close to the real amount
- a big playera powerful and important person or company in a field
- a bottlenecka point where progress slows because too much has to pass through it
- a deal breakera fact or condition that makes you refuse to accept an agreement
- a dog-eat-dog worlda situation where people compete hard and will harm others to succeed