taking care of business

(just) taking care of business

Fig. doing what I am supposed to do; an answer to the question "What are you doing lately?" (Also abbreviated T.C.B.) Bill: Hey, man. What you been doing? Tom: Just taking care of business. Andy: Look, officer, I'm just standing here, taking care of business, and this Tom guy comes up and tries to hit me for a loan. Tom: That's not true!

taking care of business

tv. doing what one is meant to do; coping with life as it is. (see also TCB.) Walter is taking care of business. Back in a minute.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Roimata	-	Maori
Emil	E-mil (Swedish), E-meel (German, Polish), e-MEEL (English)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Romanian, Bulgarian, Czech, Polish, Slovene, Serbian, Croatian,
&Aelig;Sc	-	Anglo-Saxon
Shockley	['ʃɔkli]
Ovidiu	-	Romanian
Willemina	vil-lə-MEE-nah, wil-lə-MEE-nah	Dutch