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doing one's business

doing one's business is the present participle and gerund 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 doing one's business

What is doing one's business the present participle and gerund of?
Doing one's business is the present participle and gerund of do one's business.

Words near doing one's business in the dictionary

  1. doing more harm than good
  2. doing nothing
  3. doing numbers
  4. doing off
  5. doing one's bit
  6. doing one's business
  7. doing one's damnedest
  8. doing one's darnedest
  9. doing one's duty
  10. doing one's ease
  11. doing one's easement

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