"mix business with pleasure" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: mixes business with pleasure [present, singular, third-person], mixing business with pleasure [participle, present], mixed business with pleasure [participle, past], mixed business with pleasure [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} mix business with pleasure (third-person singular simple present mixes business with pleasure, present participle mixing business with pleasure, simple past and past participle mixed business with pleasure)
  1. To do something pleasurable that is related to one's work. Related terms: business before pleasure, don't get your meat where you get your bread Translations (to do something pleasurable that is related to one's work): sekoittaa työ ja huvi (Finnish), joindre l’utile à l’agréable (French), összeköti a kellemest a hasznossal (Hungarian), łączyć przyjemne z pożytecznym (Polish)
    Sense id: en-mix_business_with_pleasure-en-verb-213wFHqO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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