big shop

(UK, Irish) A shop selling household groceries, toys, etc, that are typically priced at a pound each.

A darkly humorous American slang phrase meaning to die — framing death as the ultimate, unavoidable final purchase, the one big transaction from which there's no return or refund. It belongs to a long tradition of death euphemisms that use commercial or transactional language to soften or joke about mortality. You're most likely to hear it in a wry, resigned context rather than as a serious expression of grief.

(US) Of or relating to a very large retail establishment built as a massive, free-standing structure.

(intransitive) To shop for groceries.

(intransitive) To purchase goods outside of one's local area.