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goes about one's business

goes about one's business is the third-person singular simple present indicative of go about one's business.

Meaning of go about one's business

Verb

go about one's business (third-person singular simple present goes about one's business, present participle going about one's business, simple past went about one's business, past participle gone about one's business)

  1. To attend to one's duties; to do what one would normally be doing if not detained, distracted, etc.
    • Calpurnia appeared in the front door and yelled, “Lemonade time! You all get in outa that hot sun ‘fore you fry alive!” Lemonade in the middle of the morning was a summertime ritual. Calpurnia set a pitcher and three glasses on the porch, then went about her business. Being out of Jem’s good graces...1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC
  2. To depart; to resume one's usual activities, after being detained, distracted, etc.

Questions about goes about one's business

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Goes about one's business is the third-person singular simple present indicative of go about one's business.

Words near goes about one's business in the dictionary

  1. goes a cropper
  2. goes a long way
  3. goes a mucker
  4. goes a raker
  5. goes about
  6. goes about one's business
  7. goes about one's day
  8. goes about to
  9. goes abroad
  10. goes after
  11. goes against

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