set up camp

set up camp (third-person singular simple present sets up camp, present participle setting up camp, simple past and past participle set up camp)

1. To prepare an outdoor area for a prolonged stay.

   Synonym: pitch camp

   Coordinate term: break camp

• set up shop

• “set up camp”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “set up pitch camp” (US) / “set up pitch camp” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.