"do one's business" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: en-au-do one's business.ogg Forms: does one's business [present, singular, third-person], doing one's business [participle, present], did one's business [past], done one's business [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|do<does,,did,done> one's business}} 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)
  1. (idiomatic, euphemistic) Especially of a house pet: to defecate or urinate. Tags: euphemistic, idiomatic Related terms: do someone's business Translations (Translations): fare i propri bisogni (Italian), 用を足す (yō o tasu) (Japanese), załatwiać się [imperfective] (Polish), załatwić się [perfective] (Polish), hacer sus necesidades (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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