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Definition of set up shop
set up shop
verb
- to set up one's workplace. At a job, for example: to set up one's desk in a cubicle farm. In education, for example: at a desk in the library.
Citation from "School Lies", American Dad (TV), Season 6 Episode 14 (2011) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.Last edited on Jul 26 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jul 26 2011.
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