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do a land-office business
do a land-office business
Fig. to do a large amount of buying or selling in a short period of time. The icecream shop always does a land-office business on a hot day. The tax collector's office did a land-office business on the day that taxes were due.
do a land-office business
(American old-fashioned) if a company does a land-office business, they are very successful in selling their product They only set up the company eight months ago and they're doing a land-office business.