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do someone's business

do someone's business verb: to ruin someone; to do for.

Verb

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

  1. (dated) To ruin someone; to do for.
    • I'll spoil his wandering, I'll him. I'll do his business that way, never fear.1702, George Farquhar, The Inconstant, or the Way to Win Him

Forms of do someone's business

third-person singular presentdoes someone's business
present participledoing someone's business
pastdid someone's business
past participledone someone's business

Questions about do someone's business

What does do someone's business mean?
Do someone's business means to ruin someone; to do for.
What part of speech is do someone's business?
Do someone's business is a verb.
What is the past tense of do someone's business?
The past tense of do someone's business is did someone's business.

Words near do someone's business in the dictionary

  1. do someone dirty
  2. do someone like that
  3. do someone one better
  4. do someone proud
  5. do someone's bidding
  6. do someone's business
  7. do someone's dags
  8. do someone's head in
  9. do someone's heart good
  10. do svidaniia
  11. do svidaniya

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