close up shop

idiom

: to go out of business forever or stop performing all services or activities for a period of time

Rather than closing up shop entirely, the company laid off half of its workers.

The restaurant has already closed up shop for the winter.

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TikTok's legal team argues that forcing the company to close up shop in the U.S. represents an unprecedented government suppression of free speech. —

Bobby Allyn, NPR, 10 Jan. 2025 JCPenney plans to entirely close up shop on Thanksgiving Day. —

Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2024 Republican lawmakers moved to adjourn the spring session without addressing the plan, with the House GOP particularly motivated to close up shop after weeks of high-profile gun control protests and ensuing backlash from the Tennessee Three expulsions. —

Melissa Brown, The Tennessean, 8 Jan. 2024 People start driving slower, businesses close up shop. —

Stephanie Rivera, NPR, 19 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for close up shop

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