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Mr. Tom Posted 5 years ago
Vocabulary

Use of 'shut shop'

Hi

Is the red part natural English?

  1. What time do you shut shop every day?
  2. He had already shut shop by the time we reached there.
  3. Time for shutting shop has changed owing to the lockdown.
  4. Frank became very ill and shup shop one month before he died. (shut shop=closed it forever)

Thanks,

Tom

  

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Mr. Tom Is the red part natural English? Not in the UK.

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  • Tom Is the red part natural English?
  • Not in the UK.
  • You could say shut the shop but, if it is already clear what you are talking about, you could just say shut or close .
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Mr. TomIs the red part natural English?

Not in the UK. You could say shut the shop but, if it is already clear what you are talking about, you could just say shut or close.

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"Shut shop" is very unnatural in American English.

  1. What time do you close?
  2. What are your hours of operation?
  3. The closing time has changed due to the new regulations.
  4. Frank became very ill and closed his business one month before he died.
  5. Frank had to go out of business due to the economic impact of the pandemic.
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