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mind the store

idiom
Meaning

To take active responsibility for a group or process, especially within an organization.


Examples
SIMPLE

The manager asked me to mind the store while he was away.

CONTEXTUAL

While the director travels for business, the assistant is left to mind the store and handle daily operations.

COMPLEX

With the chief executive officer on sabbatical, the board appointed a temporary director to mind the store and ensure the company remained stable.

Anchors to
Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    bear in mind

    To hold (something) in the memory; to remember; also, to be mindful of or pay attention to (something); to consider; to note.

  2. 02

    blow someone's mind

    To astonish someone; to flabbergast someone.

  3. 03

    bored out of one's mind

    Extremely bored.

  4. 04

    cast one's mind back

    To try to remember a particular time or event; to think about something in the past.

  5. 05

    change one's mind

    To decide differently than one had decided before.

  6. 06

    change someone's mind

    To convince someone to make a choice or develop a preference differing from their previous one.

  7. 07

    close one's mind

    To refuse to understand things.

  8. 08

    come to mind

    To appear in one's thoughts.

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