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词汇 shut up shop
释义
Idiom
shut up shop
British & Australian, mainly American to stop doing business, either temporarily or permanently.
They were forced to shut up shop because they weren't getting enough customers.
idiomshut up shop BrEBrEclose up shop AmEto close a shop or business, or stop an activity, either permanently or temporarily:The Laurel Press has been forced to shut up shop, owing to lack of demand for its superbly illustrated editions of classic books.We design computer games because we enjoy it, and when we stop having fun we'll close up shop.Congress is about to close up shop for the Fourth of July holidays.

shut up shop

To cease business operations for any length of time (often permanently). I loved that restaurant, so I'm very disappointed that it shut up shop. The owner always shuts up shop for two weeks in the summer to accommodate her vacation.

shut up shop

BRITISH or

close up shop

mainly AMERICAN
If a person or organization shuts up shop or closes up shop, they close their business, often because they are not making enough money. Unless business picks up soon, some of the 245 foreign-owned banks in Switzerland may have to shut up shop. Mr. Lemoyne had reluctantly closed up shop when the library had reached a rock-bottom membership of eleven.

shut up shop

1 cease trading, either temporarily or permanently. 2 stop some activity. informal

shut up ˈshop

(British English, informal) close a business permanently or stop working for the day: The family ran a small grocer’s for years, but when the old man died they shut up shop.It’s 6 o’clock — time to shut up shop and go home.
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