do a land-office business

verb

To be very successful; to do a roaring trade.

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Meanings

verbdo a land-office business (third-person singular simple present does a land-office business, present participle doing a land-office business, simple past did a land-office business, past participle done a land-office business)

present singular third person does a land-office business · participle present doing a land-office business · past did a land-office business · participle past done a land-office business

  1. USdatedTo be very successful; to do a roaring trade.
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