(intransitive, British, colloquial) To close up shop; to end a business activity.
(intransitive, British, colloquial) To close up shop; to end a business activity.
The company decided to shut up shop in this country and move to America, where corporate taxes are lower.
“A Rice repeat banger into the top corner mate, how fucking crazy would that be Gabi, Willo & co to shut up shop after 😂”
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(intransitive, cricket) To bat defensively in the last innings of a match in order to force a draw when winning is not possible.
Instead of shutting up shop, Ghouneim relocated to humdrum Wittenau, a suburb of Berlin, and got some tape artists to decorate the facade of the new building.
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(intransitive, football) To play extremely defensively.
“We have been good, deserved lead. Just can not shut up shop now, need to go for the second.”
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