mean business | meaning of mean business in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English | LDOCE

But as the oil men realised that we began to drop

And to prove we, our members will stage a one-day strike next week

• They looked as though they meant business .

For one local company it’staking off like a rocket

One of the quintet not onlybut high-minded selfless business.

This does not necessarily avoid all such one-of-a-kinds whatever their nature

• But when it bites, it means business .

Zhou had discarded his usual tunic for a gray suit , and he

The border is guarded by troops who mean business.

to be serious about doing something even if it involves harming someone

mean business

mean business

DETERMINED

to be determined to do something

This decision shows the public that we mean business.

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Examples from the Corpus

mean business

•

But when it bites, it

means business

.

•

They looked as though they

meant business

.

•

Those boys knew we

meant business

.

•

Zhou had discarded his usual severe tunic for a gray Western business suit, and he

meant business

.

•

One of the quintet not only

means business

but high-minded, selfless business.

•

This does not necessarily

mean businesses

must avoid all such one-of-a-kinds whatever their nature.

•

But as the oil men realised that we

meant business

, seizures began to drop.

•

For one local company it’s

meant business

taking off like a rocket.