give someone the business
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.15 in modern English
33
Scrabble Score
22
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "“I hope you're right, Mike. I hope you aren't giving me the business.” I grinned at him. “The only one who can get shafted is me.”"
- ""They wouldn't waste the women. I'd guess they've got them up at the hotel, taking it in turn to give them the business. Four women only – they won't last till morning.""
- "The Red Dean's utterances, as usual, got on some people's nerves. The irreverent New York Daily News gave him the business, in a full-column editorial, ending; "Nobody curbs these whizbangs in the United States or England, where they are free to be as nutty as their capacities will permit.""
- "Then the kids at school started giving me the business about being a fairy, called me the African Queen."
- "They'd switch frequencies and there she'd be like Tokyo Rose, giving them the business. “What you doing here, Marines? You come to kill us? Why? We haven't done nothing to you.”"