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Idiom

in business

Meaning

Ready to proceed in a desired activity.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“Once you plug in the computer, we are in business.”

“We finally found the missing part for the engine, so we are back in business.”

“With the final signatures secured and the funding approved, the project team was officially in business and ready to commence operations.”

Examples

simple

“Once you plug in the computer, we are in business.”

contextual

“We finally found the missing part for the engine, so we are back in business.”

complex

“With the final signatures secured and the funding approved, the project team was officially in business and ready to commence operations.”

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