Idiom: Mean business (meaning & examples)
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Idiom: mean business
Meaning
Idiom: mean business
- to be serious about something you say or promise
- to do what you say you will do
Example sentences
— My father threatened so many times to take away my phone and nothing happened but last night he meant business and confiscated my phone.
— I mean business when I say I’m going to run a marathon in June.
— When we say we have a “no questions, 100% satisfaction guarantee,” we mean business.
— Don’t talk back to your teacher. When she threatens to have you suspended she means business.
— My daughter means business this time about getting better grades. She’s been studying every day and asking us questions when she needs help.
— My girlfriend knew I meant business about our relationship when I asked her to come home to meet my parents at Thanksgiving.
— Hi Mom, can we come over until Friday when I get paid? I didn’t think they meant business but they shut off our electricity yesterday.
— I’m going to lose weight this time. I mean business. I’ve hired a personal trainer, nutritionist and a personal coach to help me with the mental aspect.
— You can tell she means business whenever she puts her requests in writing.
— It looks like my brother means business about his finances. He closed two credit cards today and is having a garage sale to pay down more of his debt.
Synonyms
- be in earnest
- bound and determined
- be set on something
- dead set on
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