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mean business

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mean business
to be very, very serious. Stop laughing! I mean business. I could tell from the look on her face that she meant business.
See also: business, mean

mean business
to be serious about achieving something, even if other people disagree with you The changes the new government has made show they mean business.
See also: business, mean

mean business
to be serious After she scored that point, I realized that she meant business. We hope that the government means business and will really do something about the lack of affordable housing.
See also: business, mean


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I'll tell her plainly that it was bloomin' mean business.
I glanced from this Goliath to his little, bird-eyed spouse, and wondered if he had ever tried to mean business with her.
 
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