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do a land-office business

do a land-office business verb: to be very successful; to do a roaring trade.

Verb

do a land-office business (third-person singular simple present does a land-office business, present participle doing a land-office business, simple past did a land-office business, past participle done a land-office business)

  1. (US, dated) To be very successful; to do a roaring trade.

Forms of do a land-office business

third-person singular presentdoes a land-office business
present participledoing a land-office business
pastdid a land-office business
past participledone a land-office business

Questions about do a land-office business

What does do a land-office business mean?
Do a land-office business means to be very successful; to do a roaring trade.
What part of speech is do a land-office business?
Do a land-office business is a verb.
What is the past tense of do a land-office business?
The past tense of do a land-office business is did a land-office business.

Words near do a land-office business in the dictionary

  1. do
  2. do a bit of stiff
  3. do a Bradbury
  4. do a bunk
  5. do a flit
  6. do a land-office business
  7. do a listen
  8. do a little bit of trolling
  9. do a little trolling
  10. do a lot of work
  11. do a Melba

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