" set up shop "

1: to arrange something in a certain spot or position;

  * e.g., " ... set up tables in the living room for the party "

•  Synonyms : 

•  depose,

•  deposit,

•  dispose,

•  emplace,

•  fix,

•  lay,

•  place,

•  position,

•  put,

•  set,

•  situate,

•  stick

•  Antonyms : 

•  close (down),

•  phase out,

•  shut (up)

2: to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of;

  * e.g., " ... set up a scholarship fund for deserving students from the inner city "

•  Synonyms : 

•  begin,

•  constitute,

•  establish,

•  found,

•  inaugurate,

•  initiate,

•  innovate,

•  institute,

•  introduce,

•  launch,

•  pioneer,

•  plant,

•  start

•  Antonyms : 

•  demount,

•  disassemble,

•  dismantle,

•  dismember,

•  knock down,

•  strike,

•  take down,

•  tear down

3: to fix in an upright position;

  * e.g., " ... set up a post from which to hang the sign "

•  Synonyms : 

•  erect,

•  pitch,

•  put up,

•  raise,

•  rear,

•  upend,

•  upraise

•  Antonyms : 

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