店みせをたたむ

expression, godan verb (-mu)

close down a business; shut up shop

Idiomatic expression for permanently closing a shop or business, often with a nuance of finality or giving up.

• 長なが年ねん続つづけた店みせをたたむのはつらい決けつ断だんだった。

  Closing down the shop I had run for many years was a painful decision.

• 不ふ景けい気きで、あの老舗しにせも店みせをたたんだ。

  Due to the recession, even that long-established store closed down.