From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishset up shopset up shopinformalBBSTART DOING something to start a business → shop
Examples from the Corpus
set up shop• Dr. Rosen closed his downtown practice and set up shop in a suburban neighborhood.• S., new steel mills are setting up shop.• The two Yankees started the business set up shop right where you see it.• My body and the kindly Earth have set up shop against me.• At the age of 22 he set up shop in Sweeting's Alley, which was near the Royal Exchange.• Jack got his law degree, then set up shop as a real estate lawyer.• Wade Smith was given salesman of the year in January and promptly left to set up shop on his own.• NxtWave opted not to set up shop in Silicon Valley and instead chose Langhorne.• Each failed when a dispute arose and some group walked out of the union to set up shop down the block. 