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did one's business

did one's business is the simple past of do one's business.

Meaning of do one's business

Verb

do one's business (third-person singular simple present does one's business, present participle doing one's business, simple past did one's business, past participle done one's business)

  1. (euphemistic, idiomatic) Especially of a house pet: to defecate or urinate.
    • Honey, the neighbor's dog's doing its business in our yard again.

Questions about did one's business

What is did one's business the simple past of?
Did one's business is the simple past of do one's business.

Words near did one's business in the dictionary

  1. did not bat
  2. did nothing
  3. did numbers
  4. did off
  5. did one's bit
  6. did one's business
  7. did one's damnedest
  8. did one's darnedest
  9. did one's duty
  10. did one's ease
  11. did one's easement

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