to be focused about achieving a goal
to take a serious action or intend to do something very seriously
in the very earnest way
usually used in terms of going against general opinion to achieve a goal
She meant business when she said that she will take the number one position in the tennis world.
The fire in his eyes speak that he means business.
He meant business when he called the police for the continuous noise that the neighbours had been making.
The driver meant business when he claimed he could get us to our destination is one night.
I meant business and have finally got the contract to the biggest deal of my life.
She means business and has not come so far to run around in circles.
Government offices in this place do not mean business, the people employed there are very lethargic.
The baby means business when he sees his toys in someone else’s hands.
The firmness with which the new government has initiated certain measure shows that it mean business.
There is no origin for this idiom
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definition
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