unfinished business

noun

: something that a person needs to deal with or work on : something that has not yet been done, dealt with, or completed
You and I still have some unfinished business together.

Examples of unfinished business in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Stick close to home and take care of unfinished business. Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 19 Apr. 2024 An air of unfinished business does continue to linger between Molly and Arthur (Nat Faxon), her employee at The Wells Foundation, who remain afraid to confess their feelings for one another. Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Apr. 2024 The lunar eclipse in Libra puts an end to unfinished business. USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2024 Mark McKenna, former CEO of Prometheus and current chief executive at Mirador, had unfinished business in immunology, where, despite the recent development of some powerful medicines, there remains a massive unmet need. Damian Garde, STAT, 21 Mar. 2024 Some at the department worried Mr. Cooney might be trying to settle unfinished business, according to two former officials who now believe those doubts were misplaced. Adam Goldman, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024 On unfinished business: There’s been unfinished business for a while, man. Michael Nowels, The Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2024 Kevin McKidd knows that his character Owen Hunt and Cristina Yang have unfinished business on Grey's Anatomy. Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 15 Mar. 2024 Also, as much as anything, there was a sense Kershaw returned to the Dodgers because of unfinished business. Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2024

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“Unfinished business.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unfinished%20business. Accessed 29 Apr. 2024.

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