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PERSONAL BUSINESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does personal business mean?
• PERSONAL BUSINESS (noun)
The noun PERSONAL BUSINESS has 1 sense:
1. matters of personal concern
Familiarity information: PERSONAL BUSINESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Matters of personal concern
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
affairs; personal business; personal matters
Context example:
get his affairs in order
Hypernyms ("personal business" is a kind of...):
concern (something that interests you because it is important or affects you)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "personal business"):
dirty laundry; dirty linen (personal matters that could be embarrassing if made public)
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