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CLOSE UP SHOP,

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close up shop

[close up shop] {v. phr.} 1. To shut a store at the end of a day's business, also, to end a business. * /The grocer closes up shop at 5 […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

talk shop

[talk shop] {v. phr.}, {informal} To talk about things in your work or trade. * /Two chemists were talking shop, and I hardly understood a word they said./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

closed shop

[closed shop] {n. phr.} 1. A plant or factory that employs only union workers. * /Our firm has been fighting the closed shop policy for many years now./ 2. A […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

open shop

[open shop] {n. phr.} A factory or firm that employs both union and non-union labor. * /The firm refuses to adopt an open shop policy./ Contrast: [CLOSED SHOP]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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