"stick to business" meaning in English

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sticks to business",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sticking to business",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stuck to business",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stuck to business",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "stick<,,stuck> to business"
      },
      "expansion": "stick to business (third-person singular simple present sticks to business, present participle sticking to business, simple past and past participle stuck to business)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1910, Stewart Edward White, chapter 52, in The Rules of the Game",
          "text": "\"[T]here are more failures in the lumber business than in any other I know anything about. Why is it?\"\n\"Economic waste,\" put in Merker, who was leaning across the counter.\n\"Lack of experience,\" said Bob. […]\n\"No,\" said Welton, emphasizing his point with his pipe; \"it's not sticking to business! It's not stripping her down to the bare necessities! It's going in for frills! When you get to be as old as I am, you learn not to monkey with the band wagon.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1967 November 26, John Rendel, “Afghan Captures 32d Best in Show”, in New York Times, retrieved 2020-11-27",
          "text": "Desert Wind, an Afghan with all the patrician haughtiness of his breed when sticking to business as a show dog and playful as a puppy afterward, became top dog tonight.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2003 February 23, Tim Dahlberg, “Boxing: Tyson wins in just 49 seconds”, in Independent, retrieved 2020-11-27",
          "text": "Tyson missed a week of training. […] His trainer, Freddie Roach, worried that Tyson would not be in shape if the fight went into the later rounds. It proved not to be a concern. […] \"I just told Mike to stick to business. Stop screwing around and fight.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015 April 22, Anne Gearan, “Politics: 5 takeaways from Hillary Clinton’s return to New Hampshire”, in Washington Post, retrieved 2020-11-27",
          "text": "Clinton sought to stick to business despite what she called political \"distractions.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To concentrate on the important matters which are of present concern; to avoid becoming distracted or sidetracked."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "important",
          "important"
        ],
        [
          "distracted",
          "distracted"
        ],
        [
          "sidetrack",
          "sidetrack"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "mind one's own business"
        },
        {
          "word": "stick to one's knitting"
        },
        {
          "word": "take care of business"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "stick to business"
}

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sticks to business",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sticking to business",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stuck to business",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stuck to business",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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        "1": "stick<,,stuck> to business"
      },
      "expansion": "stick to business (third-person singular simple present sticks to business, present participle sticking to business, simple past and past participle stuck to business)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "mind one's own business"
    },
    {
      "word": "stick to one's knitting"
    },
    {
      "word": "take care of business"
    }
  ],
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1910, Stewart Edward White, chapter 52, in The Rules of the Game",
          "text": "\"[T]here are more failures in the lumber business than in any other I know anything about. Why is it?\"\n\"Economic waste,\" put in Merker, who was leaning across the counter.\n\"Lack of experience,\" said Bob. […]\n\"No,\" said Welton, emphasizing his point with his pipe; \"it's not sticking to business! It's not stripping her down to the bare necessities! It's going in for frills! When you get to be as old as I am, you learn not to monkey with the band wagon.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1967 November 26, John Rendel, “Afghan Captures 32d Best in Show”, in New York Times, retrieved 2020-11-27",
          "text": "Desert Wind, an Afghan with all the patrician haughtiness of his breed when sticking to business as a show dog and playful as a puppy afterward, became top dog tonight.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2003 February 23, Tim Dahlberg, “Boxing: Tyson wins in just 49 seconds”, in Independent, retrieved 2020-11-27",
          "text": "Tyson missed a week of training. […] His trainer, Freddie Roach, worried that Tyson would not be in shape if the fight went into the later rounds. It proved not to be a concern. […] \"I just told Mike to stick to business. Stop screwing around and fight.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015 April 22, Anne Gearan, “Politics: 5 takeaways from Hillary Clinton’s return to New Hampshire”, in Washington Post, retrieved 2020-11-27",
          "text": "Clinton sought to stick to business despite what she called political \"distractions.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To concentrate on the important matters which are of present concern; to avoid becoming distracted or sidetracked."
      ],
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        [
          "important",
          "important"
        ],
        [
          "distracted",
          "distracted"
        ],
        [
          "sidetrack",
          "sidetrack"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "stick to business"
}