minding the shop
Covering the business
Minding the shop means watching over a place or operation while the person normally in charge is away.
The phrase comes from literally tending a store in the owner's absence, but extends to any temporary oversight: I'm minding the shop while the boss is on vacation.
It implies maintaining the status quo rather than making major decisions.
- supervisionOverseeing people or processes
- changeTo make different
- cashReady spending funds
- accountabilityObligation for one's actions
- guardianshipLegal care of another
holding the fort · stand-in · stewardship · taking charge · vigilance · administration · caretaker role · coin · reliability · attentiveness · dependability · watchfulness · filling in · substitution · display · shelf · oversight · stock
minding the shoprunning the show
holding the reins · calling the shots · executive authority · taking command
minding the shopdereliction of duty
Willful failure at responsibilities
dropping the ball · asleep at the wheel · walking away · absenteeism · checked out
minding the shoprevolutionizing
Causing dramatic systemic change
disrupting · overhauling · reinventing · rocking the boat · creative destruction
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