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[close up
shop] {v. phr.} 1. To shut a store at the end of a day's business, also, to end a
business.
The grocer closes up shop at 5 o'clock.
After 15 years in
business at the same spot, the garage closed up shop.
2. {informal} To stop some
activity; finish what you are doing.
After camping out for two weeks, the
scouts took down their tents and closed up shop.
The committee finished
its business and closed up shop.
Compare: CALL IT A
DAY.
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