set up shop

Meanings:

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USUKInternationalinformalneutral
- To establish a business or commercial enterprise at a particular location.
- To begin operating or offering goods or services from a specific place.
2.
USUKInternationalinformal
- To establish a base of operations for an activity, often temporary, in a particular area.
- To set up a headquarters or working presence in a location for the purposes of carrying out tasks or projects.
3.
USUKInternationalinformalcolloquial
- To begin selling goods or offering services from a particular stall, shopfront, vehicle, or site.

Examples:

EN: You stay here and unpack these things and set up shop.
ES: Quédate aquí, desempaca estas cosas y arma una tienda.
EN: You stay here and unpack these things and set up shop.
ES: Quédate aquí, desempaca estas cosas y arma una tienda.
EN: I'd just as leave set up shop here if I didn't have a partner.
ES: Me quedaría antes que irme si no tuviera un socio.
EN: And you wasn't gonna let Britt set up shop in Texas.
ES: Y no ibas a permitir que Britt estableciera su negocio en Texas.
EN: - Hans, why don't we set up shop here?
ES: Hans, ¿y si montamos aquí el taller?
EN: We'd've had a court order to maintain telephone surveillance... on every one of those hoodlums from the minute he checked into Los Angeles and set up shop.
ES: Hubiéramos tenido una orden de vigilancia telefónica de todos esos delincuentes desde que se instalaron en Los Angeles.
EN: We'll set up shop in town.
ES: Iremos a la ciudad.
EN: Which is where we were when we set up shop two years ago.
ES: Éramos únicos en el género.
EN: When we set up shop, we were alone in the field. Now, we've got a dozen imitators. The public is beginning to think we're all alike.
ES: A día de hoy, tenemos competidores que nos están imitando.
EN: He's set up shop in Grinidge. 14 Canon's Lane.
ES: Abrió una tienda en Grinidge, Canon Lane 14.
EN: If I let - I let you set up shop in this neighborhood... the people would chop me like a ripe banana.
ES: Si dejo que te quedes aquí, la gente se tirará sobre mí como si fueran lobos.
EN: Shall I set up shop here, Tommy?
ES: ¿Me preparo, Tommy?
EN: We've set up shop here, where it's so peaceful.
ES: Nos hemos instalado aquí, que se está tranquilo.
EN: Our little organization is used to this. We'll just have to set up shop someplace else.
ES: La organización está acostumbrada, cambiaremos de sitio.
EN: Well, he set up shop in a tent... in a vacant lot at the corner of 6th and Albert.
ES: Bueno, se instaló en una carpa en un terreno baldío en la esquina de la Sexta con Alberto.
EN: - Yeah, I do. You tell him to get out. And if he's planning to set up shop in the outlet, the army will be down his throat.
ES: Pues sí, dile que se vaya, que si planea dar algún golpe en las afueras, el ejército lo impedirá y si se mueve en mi territorio, lo haré yo.

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