all that business
idiom
: all that needs to be done concerning an particular job
The church has hired someone to take care of the bills and all that business.
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King makes the persuasive case that all that business about the queen was antisemitic code—in LaRouche’s view, Jewish high finance had so thoroughly subsumed the British Empire that the two were basically synonymous.
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Tommy Craggs, The New Republic, 13 Feb. 2023
But all that business was happening outside the Marché, in hotel suites and apartments along the Croisette.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 May 2022
Luring all that business into the formal economy will be a challenge.
—Carol Ryan, WSJ, 16 Apr. 2021
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Tommy Craggs, The New Republic, 13 Feb. 2023
But all that business was happening outside the Marché, in hotel suites and apartments along the Croisette.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 May 2022
Luring all that business into the formal economy will be a challenge.
—Carol Ryan, WSJ, 16 Apr. 2021
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“All that business.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/all%20that%20business. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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