set up shop

Idioms  

1. 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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Example Sentences

In 2020, India's National Education Policy announced that foreign universities would be allowed in the country and rules were notified in 2023, creating a legal mechanism for these institutions to set up shop.

From BBC

Unlike other festivals that set up shop in a hot, scenic locale to showcase performers from other places around the world, Mojave Experience has a more authentic vibe.

From Los Angeles Times

We roared off, first heading west through what Russell called Mortuary Row because so many funeral businesses had set up shop there, then going north on Westlake Avenue toward Hollywood.

From Literature

Local entrepreneurs were given grants and support from the city and charities, as well as months of free rent to set up shop.

From Los Angeles Times

In the warehouse area where the company has set up shop, there is little indicating the presence of the weapons plant inaugurated on February 25 by Britain's armed forces minister Luke Pollard and Ukrainian ambassador in London Valery Zaluzhny -- Kyiv's former military commander-in-chief.

From Barron's

Related Words

• commence
• convene
• inaugurate
• initiate
• launch
• meet
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