"mean business" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1895, William Chambers, Robert Chambers, Chambers's journal:",
          "text": "Say in a week from now, I will undertake to deliver this most marvellous masterpiece, if 'Look here, 'Tony, I mean business, if you don't.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1997, George Carlin, Brain Droppings, New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 102:",
          "text": "Lorena Bobbit only did what men do to each other all the time: She showed an asshole she meant business.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2002, Armando T. Atienza, Shrewd Business Tactics:",
          "text": "He projects his concern to all employees and he means business when he says the “buck stops here”.",
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        "To be serious, especially where achieving a specific end against opposition is concerned."
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        "(idiomatic, used to convey serious intent) To be serious, especially where achieving a specific end against opposition is concerned."
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        "used to convey serious intent"
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        "idiomatic"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
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          "word": "olla tosissaan"
        },
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
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          "word": "ne pas plaisanter"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
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          "word": "être sérieux"
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          "lang": "Polish",
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          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
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          "word": "nie żartować"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
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          "word": "no andarse con chiquitas"
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  "word": "mean business"
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    {
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        "present"
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      "form": "meant business",
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        },
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          "ref": "1997, George Carlin, Brain Droppings, New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 102:",
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "olla tosissaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "ne pas plaisanter"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
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      "word": "être sérieux"
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      "lang": "Polish",
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      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
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      "word": "nie żartować"
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      "word": "no andarse con chiquitas"
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  "word": "mean business"
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