business

business
*the business
1. harassment; a scolding; general bad treatment. (*Typically: get \business; give someone \business.) •

The guys have been giving me the business about my new hairstyle.

Sam was giving Tom the business about being late all the time.

2. Sl. an execution. (Underworld. *Typically: get \business; give someone \business.) •

The mob wanted to give him the business for confessing to the federal prosecutor.

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See: DO THE BUSINESS, HAVE NO BUSINESS, LAND-OFFICE BUSINESS, MEAN BUSINESS, MONKEY BUSINESS, THE BUSINESS.

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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