get down to business

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   to start dealing with the matter that needs to be dealt with, or doing the work that needs to be done

   Okay, listen up! It is time to get down to business.

In the movies · 11

• Okay, now let's - Let's get down to business.12 Angry Men1957
• Okay, listen up! It is time to get down to business.Minions2015
• Let's get down to business, see who wants the work.The Expendables2010
• get down to business, see who's hungry.The Expendables2010
• Anyway, listen, let's get down to business.Black Mirror: Bandersnatch2018
• Anyway, let's get down to business, Michael.Office Space1999
• My husband likes to get down to business.Let Him Go2020
• That's right, but we should get down to business.Arizona Dream1993

Learn it in full scenes

• 12 Angry Men1957
  • Jurors Gather in the Jury Room
  • Juror 8 Votes Not Guilty
  • The Jurors Go Around the Table
• Minions2015
  • Minions Can't Keep a Boss
  • Kevin Volunteers to Find a New Master
  • Minions Wreck a Department Store

From the same entry

• any other business
• be in business
• be the business
• business as usual
• business is business
• go about your business
• have no business doing
• like nobody's business
• not be in the business of doing
• out of business
• mean business
• mind your own business

More idioms

• in a way
• a walk in the park
• all the same
• catch red handed
• cost an arm and a leg
• follow in footsteps
• put all your eggs in one basket
• put your money where your mouth is
• make a fool of
• make a fool of yourself
• on the safe side
• once in a blue moon