do someone's business

verb

To ruin someone; to do for.

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Meanings

verbdo someone's business (third-person singular simple present does someone's business, present participle doing someone's business, simple past did someone's business, past participle done someone's business)

present singular third person does someone's business · participle present doing someone's business · past did someone's business · participle past done someone's business

  1. datedTo ruin someone; to do for.

    I'll spoil his wandering, I'll him. I'll do his business that way, never fear.

    1702, George Farquhar, The Inconstant, or the Way to Win Him
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