shop : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a retail shop where medicine and other articles are sold
  apothecary's shop; drugstore; chemist's; pharmacy.
  

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• noun a shop where hairdressers and beauticians work
  beauty parlour; salon; beauty salon; beauty parlor.
  

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• a shop for the sale of worsted embroidery and the materials for such work.

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• noun a licensed bookmaker's shop that is not at the race track
  

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• noun an unethical or overly aggressive brokerage firm
  
• noun (formerly) a cheap saloon selling liquor by the bucket
  

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Buck"et shop`

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1. An office or a place where facilities are given for betting small sums on current prices of stocks, petroleum, etc. Slang, U.S.

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• noun a shop in which meat and poultry (and sometimes fish) are sold
  meat market.
  

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• noun a retail shop where medicine and other articles are sold
  apothecary's shop; drugstore; chemist's; pharmacy.
  

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• a shop or store for the sale of China ware or of crockery.

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• noun a place where stolen cars are disassembled for their parts
  

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• noun a company that hires only union members
  

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• noun a small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold
  coffee bar; cafe; coffeehouse.
  

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• verb compare prices for a given item
  

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• a shop where rags, old junk, etc., are bought and sold; usually, in fact, an unlicensed pawnbroker's shop, formerly distinguished by the sign of a black doll. England

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• noun a shop that sells women's clothes and jewelry
  boutique.
  

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• (Mach.), a place where large machines, as engines, are put together and adjusted.

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• noun a cafe where espresso is served
  

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• noun a shop specializing in repairs and maintenance
  fix-it shop.
  

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• noun a shop where flowers and ornamental plants are sold
  florist; flower store.
  

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• noun a shop selling ready-to-eat food products
  deli; delicatessen.
  

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• noun a shop that sells miscellaneous articles appropriate as gifts
  gift shop.
  

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• noun shop selling women's hats
  millinery.
  

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• noun a shop specializing in articles of interest to drug users
  
  • he bought some roach clips and hashish pipes at the head shop

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• noun a store selling hardware
  ironmonger; hardware store.
  
  • in Great Britain they used to call a hardware store an ironmonger's shop

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• noun a shop that sells cheap secondhand goods
  

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• a shop where old cordage, and ship's tackle, old iron, old bottles, old paper, etc., are kept for sale.

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• noun workshop where metal is cut and shaped etc., by machine tools
  

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• a workshop where machines are made, or where metal is shaped by cutting, filing, turning, etc.

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• noun a shop that sells miscellaneous articles appropriate as gifts
  gift shop.
  

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• noun a company whose workers are hired without regard to their membership in a labor union
  

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• noun a shop where loans are made with personal property as security
  loan office; pawnshop.
  

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• noun a shop where pet animals can be purchased
  

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• noun a shop where pizzas are made and sold
  pizzeria; pizza parlor.
  

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• a gambling place where one may bet on the numbers which will be drawn in lotteries.

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• noun a workplace where printing is done
  print shop.
  

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• noun a workplace where printing is done
  print shop.
  

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• noun a shop specializing in repairs and maintenance
  fix-it shop.
  

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• noun a shop where shoes are sold
  shoe shop; shoe store.
  

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• noun a shop where shoes are sold
  shoe shop; shoe store.
  

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• noun a salesperson in a store
  clerk; salesclerk; shop assistant.
  

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• verb do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of
  shop; buy at; patronize; patronise; sponsor; frequent.
  

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• noun a bell attached to the door of a small shop; warns the proprietor that a customer has entered the shop
  

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• noun a young male shop assistant
  

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• noun a course of instruction in a trade (as carpentry or electricity)
  shop.
  
  • I built a birdhouse in shop

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• noun a salesperson in a store
  clerk; salesclerk; shop assistant.
  

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• noun workplace consisting of the part of a factory housing the machines
  
  • the productive work is done on the shop floor

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• noun a young female shop assistant
  

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• noun a craftsman skilled in operating machine tools
  machinist; mechanic.
  

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• noun a union member who is elected to represent fellow workers in negotiating with management
  steward.
  

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• noun talk about your business that only others in the same business can understand
  

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• noun a window of a store facing onto the street; used to display merchandise for sale in the store
  show window; shopwindow; display window.
  

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• noun a bag made of plastic or strong paper (often with handles); used to transport goods after shopping
  

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• noun a handbasket used to carry goods while shopping
  

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• noun a handcart that holds groceries or other goods while shopping
  

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• noun mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace
  center; shopping centre; plaza; mall; shopping center.
  
  • a good plaza should have a movie house
  • they spent their weekends at the local malls

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• noun mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace
  center; shopping centre; plaza; mall; shopping center.
  
  • a good plaza should have a movie house
  • they spent their weekends at the local malls

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• noun a list of items to be purchased
  
• noun a list of heterogenous items that someone wants
  grocery list.
  
  • the union came to the table with a whole grocery list of demands

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• noun mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace
  center; shopping centre; plaza; mall; shopping center.
  
  • a good plaza should have a movie house
  • they spent their weekends at the local malls

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• noun a store that sells cheap ready-made clothing
  slopshop.
  

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• verb discuss matters that are related to work
  
  • As soon as they met, the linguists started to talk shop

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• a shop at which goods or articles are sold to customers on account, the account being kept in corresponding books, one called the tally, kept by the buyer, the other the counter tally, kept by the seller, and the payments being made weekly or otherwise by agreement. The trade thus regulated is called tally trade. Eng. Encyc.

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• to indicate too distinctively one's occupation or profession.

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• to make one's business the topic of social conversation; also, to use the phrases peculiar to one's employment. Colloq.

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• noun a shop that sells pipes and pipe tobacco and cigars and cigarettes
  tobacconist; tobacco shop.
  

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• noun a shop that sells pipes and pipe tobacco and cigars and cigarettes
  tobacconist; tobacco shop.
  

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• noun a candy store in Great Britain
  

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• noun a company allowed to hire nonunion workers on the condition that they will join the union within a specified time
  

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• verb examine the shop windows; shop with the eyes only
  

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