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get down to business

get down to business verb: to commit oneself to a task or activity that is employment-related or that requires serious effort or concentration.

Verb

get down to business (third-person singular simple present gets down to business, present participle getting down to business, simple past got down to business, past participle (UK) got down to business or (US) gotten down to business)

  1. (idiomatic) To commit oneself to a task or activity that is employment-related or that requires serious effort or concentration.

get down to business meaning in Tamil

get down to business in Tamil

பணி நிமித்தமான

Forms of get down to business

third-person singular presentgets down to business
present participlegetting down to business
pastgot down to business
past participle UKgot down to business
past participle USgotten down to business

Questions about get down to business

What does get down to business mean?
Get down to business means to commit oneself to a task or activity that is employment-related or that requires serious effort or concentration.
What is get down to business in Tamil?
Get down to business in Tamil is பணி நிமித்தமான. See Get down to business meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is get down to business?
Get down to business is a verb.
What is the past tense of get down to business?
The past tense of get down to business is got down to business.

Words near get down to business in the dictionary

  1. get down on
  2. get down to
  3. get down to bedrock
  4. get down to brass nails
  5. get down to brass tacks
  6. get down to business
  7. get down to cases
  8. get down to nuts and bolts
  9. get down to the nitty-gritty
  10. get dressed
  11. get drunk

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