do a land-office business

do a land-office business

Fig. to do a large amount of buying or selling in a short period of time. The icecream shop always does a land-office business on a hot day. The tax collector's office did a land-office business on the day that taxes were due.

See also: business

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do a land-office business  (American old-fashioned)

if a company does a land-office business, they are very successful in selling their product They only set up the company eight months ago and they're doing a land-office business.

See also: business