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DictionarySeemeanmean business
mean businessTo be grave and resolute; to be serious about what one is promising or proposing to do. Mom sounded like she means business, so you better clean your room.See also: business, meanmean businessto 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, meanmean businessBe in earnest. For example, He really means business with this deadline. This idiom uses business in the sense of "a serious endeavor." [Mid-1800s] See also: business, meanmean business COMMON If you mean business, you are serious and determined about what you are doing. One of them poked a shotgun at me. I could see he meant business. Now, in the wake of the student-led demonstrations, the party is trying to convince people it means business.See also: business, meanmean business be in earnest. 1992 New York Times The protest is a matter of principle…and also a necessary act of assertiveness by the delegates to show they mean business. See also: business, meanmean ˈbusiness (informal) be serious about what you plan to do; be determined: He means business. If we try to escape, he’ll shoot us. ♢ I’m not joking. This time I really mean business.See also: business, meanmean business tv. to be very, very serious. Stop laughing! I mean business. See also: business, mean mean business Informal To be in earnest.See also: business, meanLegalSeeMean |