Definitions

set up shop

VERB

open

Synonyms

STRONGEST

commence convene inaugurate initiate launch meet start

STRONG

bow embark jump sit

WEAK

begin business get things rolling kick off raise the curtain ring in set in motion start the ball rolling

Antonyms

STRONGEST

adjourn cancel cease close complete conclude end finish ignore stop

WEAK

block bury cover exclude hide hinder shut

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set up shop

Amazon Music and A.I.-focused ecommerce startups Queen One and Autonomous Technologies all set up shop at a Williamsburg waterfront building with floor-to-ceiling glass windows.

From Slate ● Sep. 6, 2026

It originally set up shop in 2015 in an industrial corner of Gardena, near a pet cemetery.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

"That's the reason" scammers have chosen Forest City to set up shop, he suggests.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

The civil war has seeded instability across Myanmar, creating fertile ground for organised crime groups running transnational scam operations to set up shop in fortified compounds, according to monitors.

From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026

The next day I set up shop again.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

set up shop

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