set up shop

Example Sentences

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The Fox sisters set up shop at the Delavan House, the best local hotel.

From Literature

And an interesting way to approach listening to this volume is perhaps to try to envision a world in which Bob Dylan was making his living as a songwriter, selling his songs alongside the other tunesmiths who’d set up shop in the Brill Building.

From Salon

An interesting way to approach listening to this volume is perhaps to try to envision a world in which Bob Dylan was making his living as a songwriter, selling his songs alongside the other tunesmiths who’d set up shop in the Brill Building.

From Salon

In communities striving for investment, the flood of money is adding to local governments’ sense of urgency to decide if the increasingly controversial industry should set up shop.

From The Wall Street Journal

The spokesman also argued that simply requiring Chinese companies to set up shop in Europe doesn’t mitigate potential security risks.

From The Wall Street Journal