funny business
idiom
: dishonest activity
Fake bidding and other funny business occurred during the auction.
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When a pencil pusher seized control of England’s most beloved circus, rumors of the wrong kind of funny business arose
People began to suspect something was wrong when the clown failed to appear.
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Air Mail, 28 June 2025
Jump over to your account settings and check for any funny business, like:
Fake messages or posts: Get rid of them.
—Kim Komando, Fox News, 4 Feb. 2025
The dog knew not to give Dad a hard time, but to be sure no funny business would happen, the dad picked him up and carried him into the vet's office.
—Liz O'Connell, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
Such visual funny business recurs throughout The Day of the Jackal, which follows both the assassin as he’s contracted to make a major hit and an MI6 agent played by Lashana Lynch who obsesses over taking him down.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 28 Nov. 2024
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Air Mail, 28 June 2025
Jump over to your account settings and check for any funny business, like:
Fake messages or posts: Get rid of them.
—Kim Komando, Fox News, 4 Feb. 2025
The dog knew not to give Dad a hard time, but to be sure no funny business would happen, the dad picked him up and carried him into the vet's office.
—Liz O'Connell, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
Such visual funny business recurs throughout The Day of the Jackal, which follows both the assassin as he’s contracted to make a major hit and an MI6 agent played by Lashana Lynch who obsesses over taking him down.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 28 Nov. 2024
See All Example Sentences for funny business
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“Funny business.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/funny%20business. Accessed 1 Aug. 2025.
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