shut up shop

== English == === Pronunciation === === Verb === shut up shop (third-person singular simple present shuts up shop, present participle shutting up shop, simple past and past participle shut up shop) (intransitive, UK, colloquial) To close up shop; to end a business activity. (intransitive, cricket) To bat defensively in the last innings of a match in order to force a draw when winning is not possible. (intransitive, soccer) To play extremely defensively Synonym: park the bus === References === “shut up shop”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.