do one's business
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do one's business (third-person singular simple present does one's business, present participle doing one's business, simple past did one's business, past participle done one's business)
- (idiomatic, euphemistic) To defecate or urinate.
- (dated) To ruin somebody.
- 1702, George Farquhar, The Inconstant, or the Way to Win Him
- I'll spoil his wandering , I'll warrant gouty fellows , that would debar their children 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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