set up shop
Verb
Meaning
To physically arrange a shop or workplace.
He set up shop in his garage every Saturday.
(idiomatic) To establish a business.
They set up shop as venture capitalists on Sand Hill Road.
Antonym: close up shop
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A few actresses have all but set up shop as women of a certain age who attract younger lovers. I think of Susan Sarandon, Cameron Diaz and Isabelle Huppert.
I can set up shop anywhere. I've got my oils, I've got my yoga mat and I'm good to go. I must know good yoga classes in about 25 cities on this planet.
And while it's not uncommon for patterns to set up shop for extended periods of time due to natural cycles, this tenacity is extraordinary, to say the least.
As such, according to a Nomura report last year, as many as 26 of 56 companies that relocated out of China between April 2018 and August 2019, set up shop in Vietnam.
Considering this, we can ill afford to simply allow an invading virus to set up shop as an occupying army.
China's feared security agencies will openly set up shop in Hong Kong for the first time, and human rights groups say the law has 'frightening loopholes' which could allow Beijing to round up protesters and extradite them to the mainland.