mean business

mean business
mean business
to be very, very serious. •

Stop laughing! I mean business.

I could tell from the look on her face that she meant business.

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{v. phr.}, {informal} To decide strongly to do what you plan to do; really mean it; be serious. * /The boss said he would fire us if we didn't work harder and he means business./ * /When she went to college to study, she meant business./ * /He just liked the company of the other girls he dated, but this time he seems to mean business./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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