set up shop
A term used when somebody camps or stays unwanted in a location for a prolonged period of time.
Look at that pakistani in the street! He's about to set up shop!
setting up shop
The act of preparing oneself for a session of sex with oneself (jerking off).
I forgot my backpack and when I ran back in to my apartment I caught my roommate setting up shop.
Set shop
To be on one's game, prominent, sufficient, and orderly. Someone who sets up shop real well has to be that person at the cookout dat talks to everybody and get's their fucking number
From Barbershop, set shop
Jimmy: Let me tell you somethin... you will *never* own a Black
barbershop!
Isaac: I will if I want to.
Terri: If Tony Roma can make ribs better than Black people, Isaac can
own a Black barbershop...
Calvin: Wait a minute...”ribs better than Black people?"
Jimmy: Tony Roma boils his ribs! That is *not* authentic!
Jimmy: Let me tell you somethin... you will *never* own a Black
barbershop!
Isaac: I will if I want to.
Terri: If Tony Roma can make ribs better than Black people, Isaac can
own a Black barbershop...
Calvin: Wait a minute...”ribs better than Black people?"
Jimmy: Tony Roma boils his ribs! That is *not* authentic!