Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

make it one's business

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.35 in modern English

Syllables: make it one's busi-ness
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To undertake to accomplish something or see it done.

Example Sentences

"By junior high, where every forty-one minutes the bell signaled a four-minute parade of hyper-hormoned bodies through sweat-scented halls, Gayle, with her long hair, clear golden skin, and high, tight curves, was, no contest, the finest girl. She made it her business to look cute every day so she'd be noticed by the boys and envied by the girls."

Inflected Forms

makes it one's business (present, singular) making it one's business (participle, present) made it one's business (participle, past) made it one's business (past)

Questions

What does make it one's business mean?: To undertake to accomplish something or see it done.

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