set up shop
Example Sentences
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In the warehouse area where the company has set up shop, there is little indicating the presence of the weapons plant inaugurated on February 25 by Britain's armed forces minister Luke Pollard and Ukrainian ambassador in London Valery Zaluzhny -- Kyiv's former military commander-in-chief.
From Barron's
Once Paris was liberated in August 1944, a small cadre of FBI agents known as the Army Liaison Unit arrived and set up shop.
El Segundo has also long been a center for the toy industry as companies like to set up shop in the shadow of Mattel.
From Los Angeles Times
The proposal, known as the "Industrial Accelerator Act", aims to to ensure foreign companies partner with European firms if they want to set up shop in the bloc and gain better access to its market, according to the draft document.
From Barron's
The Fox sisters set up shop at the Delavan House, the best local hotel.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
