Meanings
present singular third person closes up shop · participle present closing up shop · participle past closed up shop · past closed up shop
- UScolloquialTo stop what one is doing, especially in the context of a business.
Schwartz’s Yiddish Art Theater closed up shop in the early 1950s, but show business carries on: the site is now a multiplex. http://travel.nytimes.com/2007/01/26/travel/escapes/26yiddish.html?8dpc
Synonyms: shut up shop, put up the shutters · Antonyms: set up shop
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo stop what one is doing, especially in the context of a business.
Translations
Chinese Cantonese 收檔 /收档
- 收檔 /收档 (sau¹ dong³)Translations
Finnish lakkauttaa, lopettaa
- lakkauttaaTranslations
- lopettaaTranslations
French mettre la clé sous la porte, fermer boutique
- mettre la clé sous la porteTranslations
- fermer boutiqueTranslations
- baisser le rideauTranslations
Italian chiudere i battenti
- chiudere i battentiTranslations
Japanese 廃業する
- 廃業する (haigyō suru)Translations
Polish zwijać interes, zwinąć interes
- zwijać interesTranslations
- zwinąć interesTranslations
Portuguese fechar as portas, fechar
- fechar as portasTranslations
- fecharTranslations
- falirTranslations
- quebrarTranslations
Swedish ta ner skylten, slå igen
- ta ner skyltenTranslations
- slå igenTranslations
- lägga nerTranslations
Cite this entry
close up shop. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/close%20up%20shop
“close up shop.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/close%20up%20shop. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “close up shop,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/close%20up%20shop.
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