business as usual
Definition of business as usual
—used to say that something is working or continuing in the normal or usual way Much of the town lost electricity in the storm, but for people with generators it was business as usual. As the election nears, both political parties continue to blame each other for all the city's problems. In other words, it's business as usual.
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Word by Word Definitions
businessplay
: purposeful activity : busyness
: role, function
: an immediate task or objective : mission
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usualplay
: accordant with usage, custom, or habit : normal
: commonly or ordinarily used
: found in ordinary practice or in the ordinary course of events : ordinary
: something usual
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