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sets up shop

sets up shop is the third-person singular simple present indicative of set up shop.

Meaning of set up shop

Verb

set up shop (third-person singular simple present sets up shop, present participle setting up shop, simple past and past participle set up shop)

  1. To physically arrange a shop or workplace.
    • He set up shop in his garage every Saturday.
  2. (idiomatic) To establish a business.
    • They set up shop as venture capitalists on Sand Hill Road.
    Antonyms:
    close up shop

Questions about sets up shop

What is sets up shop the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Sets up shop is the third-person singular simple present indicative of set up shop.

Words near sets up shop in the dictionary

  1. sets together by the ears
  2. sets up
  3. sets up camp
  4. sets up one's bristles
  5. sets up one's staff
  6. sets up shop
  7. sets up someone's birse
  8. sets up to oneself
  9. sets upon
  10. sets with
  11. setscrew

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