hang out a shingle

  • 1hang out your shingle — american informal phrase to start your own business Thesaurus: starting up in businesssynonym Main entry: shingle * * * hang out your shingle see ↑shingle, 1 …

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  • 2hang out your shingle — hang out (your) shingle American to start your own business, especially as a doctor or a lawyer. He hung out his shingle in Brandon many years ago, and has been a lawyer there ever since …

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  • 3hang out a shingle — hang (out/up) a shingle ► to advertise your services or to start a business as a professional : »Several independent advisers have hung a shingle on the internet. »The two lawyers hung out their shingle in Miami in 1987. Main Entry: ↑shingle …

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  • 4hang out your shingle — American informal to start your own business …

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  • 5hang out shingle — hang out (your) shingle American to start your own business, especially as a doctor or a lawyer. He hung out his shingle in Brandon many years ago, and has been a lawyer there ever since …

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  • 6hang up a shingle — hang (out/up) a shingle ► to advertise your services or to start a business as a professional : »Several independent advisers have hung a shingle on the internet. »The two lawyers hung out their shingle in Miami in 1987. Main Entry: ↑shingle …

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  • 7hang out one's shingle — verb to open an office or business, especially in a profession. Shes good enough at fixing vacuum cleaners that she should hang out her shingle and try making some money at it. Syn: set up shop …

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  • 8hang out/up a shingle — hang (out/up) a shingle ► to advertise your services or to start a business as a professional : »Several independent advisers have hung a shingle on the internet. »The two lawyers hung out their shingle in Miami in 1987. Main Entry: ↑shingle …

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  • 9hang out one's shingle — notify the public of the opening of an office especially a doctor s or lawyer s office He has decided to hang out his own shingle now that he has graduated from law school …

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  • 10hang out one's shingle — inf idi hang out one s shingle, to establish a professional practice, esp. in law or medicine …

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