set up shop
Example Sentences
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Polymarket set up shop in Manhattan’s SoHo neighborhood.
It was once the groom’s cottage, but Dilly has set up shop here.
From Literature
When he released “Harry’s House,” he set up shop in several U.S. cities for extended runs: 15 nights in New York City, a dozen in Los Angeles and six in both Austin and Chicago.
In the short-term, new miners wouldn’t rush to set up shop in Greenland, even if allowed.
"You need to do this for at least five or six years before you can set up shop on your own."
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
