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does one's business

does one's business is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 does one's business

What is does one's business the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Does one's business is the third-person singular simple present indicative of do one's business.

Words near does one's business in the dictionary

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

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