"hang out one's shingle" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hangs out one's shingle",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hanging out one's shingle",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hung out one's shingle",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hung out one's shingle",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hang<,,hung> out one's shingle"
      },
      "expansion": "hang out one's shingle (third-person singular simple present hangs out one's shingle, present participle hanging out one's shingle, simple past and past participle hung out one's shingle)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "She's good enough at fixing vacuum cleaners that she should hang out her shingle and try making some money at it."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To open an office or business, especially in a profession."
      ],
      "id": "en-hang_out_one's_shingle-en-verb-i3oDcUBO",
      "links": [
        [
          "open",
          "open"
        ],
        [
          "office",
          "office"
        ],
        [
          "business",
          "business"
        ],
        [
          "profession",
          "profession"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To open an office or business, especially in a profession."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "establish"
        },
        {
          "word": "set up shop"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/En-au-hang_out_one%27s_shingle.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hang out one's shingle"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hangs out one's shingle",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hanging out one's shingle",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hung out one's shingle",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hung out one's shingle",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hang<,,hung> out one's shingle"
      },
      "expansion": "hang out one's shingle (third-person singular simple present hangs out one's shingle, present participle hanging out one's shingle, simple past and past participle hung out one's shingle)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "She's good enough at fixing vacuum cleaners that she should hang out her shingle and try making some money at it."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To open an office or business, especially in a profession."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "open",
          "open"
        ],
        [
          "office",
          "office"
        ],
        [
          "business",
          "business"
        ],
        [
          "profession",
          "profession"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To open an office or business, especially in a profession."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/63/En-au-hang_out_one%27s_shingle.ogg/En-au-hang_out_one%27s_shingle.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/En-au-hang_out_one%27s_shingle.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "establish"
    },
    {
      "word": "set up shop"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hang out one's shingle"
}