business end of

business end of something

the part or end of something that actually does the work or carries out the procedure. Keep away from the business end of the electric drill so you won't get hurt. Don't point the business end of that gun at anyone. It might go off.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Stef	STEF	Dutch
Farrukh	-	Urdu, Uzbek, Tajik
Vishnu	VISH-noo (Hinduism)	Hinduism, Indian, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Marathi
Montgomery	mənt-GUM-ər-ee, mənt-GUM-ree	English
Tobit	-	Biblical, Biblical Latin
Burton	['bə:tn]