Speakur

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take one's business elsewhere

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.10 in modern English

Syllables
take one's busi-ness else-where
IPA
37
Scrabble Score
25
Letters
3
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To stop dealing with a business; to switch to another business for one's dealings.

Informal

Usage

Inflected Forms

takes one's business elsewhere (present, singular) taking one's business elsewhere (participle, present) took one's business elsewhere (past) taken one's business elsewhere (participle, past)

Synonyms

take one's custom elsewhere

Questions

What does take one's business elsewhere mean?
To stop dealing with a business; to switch to another business for one's dealings.

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