mind the store

Verb

 * 1)  To remain present in a retail business, in order to maintain the security of the premises and to serve customers.
 * 2) * 1986, Clara Herron, "1790 homestead shelters shops," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 13 Feb., p. 17 (retrieved 16 Sep. 2008) :
 * His mother, Ruth Jones, helps mind the store and both his wife, Michelle, and his father, James Jones, make gifts to sell in the shop.
 * 1)  To take active responsibility for a group or process, especially within an organization.
 * 2) * 2005 Sept. 18, Daniel Eisenberg, "How to Spend (Almost) $1 Billion A Day," Time:
 * The Administration and Congress have had to prove they are at least attempting to mind the store.