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— John Milton

Say, Heavenly Muse, shall not thy sacred vein 15

Afford a present to the Infant God?

Hast thou no verse, no hymn, or solemn strain,

To welcome him to this his new abode,

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To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of.

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shut up shop

Part of Speechverb

To close up shop; to end a business activity.

In a Sentence

“The company decided to shut up shop in this country and move to America, where corporate taxes are lower.”

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Related Words

shutshut upclose up shopclose downput up the shuttersshut downcloseclose one's doors

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