"close up shop" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: closes up shop [present, singular, third-person], closing up shop [participle, present], closed up shop [participle, past], closed up shop [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} close up shop (third-person singular simple present closes up shop, present participle closing up shop, simple past and past participle closed up shop)
  1. (colloquial) To stop what one is doing, especially in the context of a business. Tags: colloquial Synonyms: shut up shop, put up the shutters Translations (Translations): 收檔 (Chinese Cantonese), 收档 (sau¹ dong³) (Chinese Cantonese), lakkauttaa (Finnish), lopettaa (Finnish), mettre la clé sous la porte (French), fermer boutique (French), baisser le rideau (French), chiudere i battenti (Italian), 廃業する (haigyō suru) (alt: はいぎょうする) (Japanese), fechar as portas (Portuguese), fechar (Portuguese), falir (Portuguese), quebrar [colloquial] (Portuguese), ta ner skylten (Swedish), slå igen (Swedish), lägga ner (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-close_up_shop-en-verb-U4TbZO3T Categories (other): Cantonese terms with redundant transliterations, English entries with incorrect language header

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          "word": "ta ner skylten"
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      "word": "收檔"
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      "word": "收档"
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      "word": "lakkauttaa"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
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      "word": "lopettaa"
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      "word": "mettre la clé sous la porte"
    },
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      "lang": "French",
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      "word": "fermer boutique"
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      "word": "baisser le rideau"
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      "word": "chiudere i battenti"
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      "word": "廃業する"
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      "word": "fechar as portas"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "fechar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
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      "word": "falir"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
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        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "quebrar"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "ta ner skylten"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "slå igen"
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      "lang": "Swedish",
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