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meaning business

meaning business is the present participle and gerund of mean business.

Meaning of mean business

Verb

mean business (third-person singular simple present means business, present participle meaning business, simple past and past participle meant business)

  1. (idiomatic) To be serious, especially where achieving a specific end against opposition is concerned.
    • Say in a week from now, I will undertake to deliver this most marvellous masterpiece, if 'Look here, 'Tony, I mean business, if you don't.1895, William Chambers, Robert Chambers, Chambers's journal

Questions about meaning business

What is meaning business the present participle and gerund of?
Meaning business is the present participle and gerund of mean business.

Words near meaning business in the dictionary

  1. Meanguerita
  2. meanie
  3. meanies
  4. meanin'
  5. meaning
  6. meaning business
  7. meaning everything to
  8. meaning of life
  9. meaning the whole world to
  10. meaning the world to
  11. meaning to

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