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took one's business elsewhere

took one's business elsewhere is the simple past of take one's business elsewhere.

Meaning of take one's business elsewhere

Verb

take one's business elsewhere (third-person singular simple present takes one's business elsewhere, present participle taking one's business elsewhere, simple past took one's business elsewhere, past participle taken one's business elsewhere)

  1. (informal) To stop dealing with a business; to switch to another business for one's dealings.

Questions about took one's business elsewhere

What is took one's business elsewhere the simple past of?
Took one's business elsewhere is the simple past of take one's business elsewhere.

Words near took one's business elsewhere in the dictionary

  1. took on water
  2. took one day at a time
  3. took one for the team
  4. took one up
  5. took one's ball and went home
  6. took one's business elsewhere
  7. took one's chance
  8. took one's courage in both hands
  9. took one's cue from
  10. took one's custom elsewhere
  11. took one's ease

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