set up shop
Open a business, start a profession, as in Now that you've got your degree, where do you plan to set up shop? This idiom was first recorded about 1570.
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How to use set up shop in a sentence
The cartels that have, for the last several years, been devouring Mexico from the inside out have set up shop in Central America.
The camp has a market street where merchants set up shop and sell their goods, mostly small food items and sweets.
Millions of Refugees from Syria’s War Are Clinging to Life In Toxic Conditions | Christopher Looney | April 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMeantime, FEMA is deciding whether to set up shop on a neighborhood artery, Van Brunt Street, or in the IKEA parking lot.
Red Hook Still Crying Out for Relief in Sandy’s Wake | Allison Yarrow | November 6, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTBut Corado was impressed by Jose, who set up shop at the Four Seasons.
Illegal Butt Injections Are on the Rise and Women Are at Risk | Lizzie Crocker, Caitlin Dickson | October 13, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTIn my neighborhood, soldiers set up shop in a daycare center.
When The Iran Obsession Meets The Free-Market Fetish | Gershom Gorenberg | September 24, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
Found he had set up shop in a business structure called the Southern Building.
Turns about Town | Robert Cortes HollidayAnd I set up shop almost next door to the chapel, and took the trade out of his mouth, and enjoyed myself finely for six months.
The History of David Grieve | Mrs. Humphry WardA rough lout had set up shop there, with dressed poultry for sale.
In the Days of the Guild | Louise LampreyThe enclosed will help you to set up shop and to get and pay whatever is necessary.
Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 6 | John Gibson LockhartWhen they had to run, they went instruments and tools in hand, and as soon as out of reach of the enemy set up shop on a stump.
Recollections of the Civil War | Charles A. Dana
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