"make it one's business" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: makes it one's business [present, singular, third-person], making it one's business [participle, present], made it one's business [participle, past], made it one's business [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|make<,,made> it one's business}} make it one's business (third-person singular simple present makes it one's business, present participle making it one's business, simple past and past participle made it one's business)
  1. To undertake to accomplish something or see it done.
    Sense id: en-make_it_one's_business-en-verb-6t7mc8qF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with placeholder "it", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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