close up shop

close up shop
close up shop
Fig. to quit working, for the day or forever. (Fixed order.) •

It's five o'clock. Time to close up shop.

I can't make any money in this town. The time has come to close up shop and move to another town.

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{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 o'clock./ * /After 15 years in business at the same spot, the garage closed up shop./ 2. {informal} To stop some activity; finish what you are doing. * /After camping out for two weeks, the scouts took down their tents and closed up shop./ * /The committee finished its business and closed up shop./ Compare: CALL IT A DAY.

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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