open for business
idiom
: able to be entered and used by customers
The store will be open for business next week.
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After moving on from Desmond Bane in a blockbuster trade with the Orlando Magic over the weekend, the Grizzlies are still open for business.
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Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 June 2025
So Publix, Walmart, Target, CVS and South Florida shopping malls will be open for business on Thursday.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 17 June 2025
The store, which was open for business Wednesday, has been victimized by robbers or smash-and-grab burglars more than a half-dozen times in the last few months, authorities said.
—Harry Harris, Mercury News, 12 June 2025
Bass went to the 10th Select LA investment summit this week to offer foreign investors a clear message: L.A. remains very much open for business.
—David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2025
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Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 June 2025
So Publix, Walmart, Target, CVS and South Florida shopping malls will be open for business on Thursday.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 17 June 2025
The store, which was open for business Wednesday, has been victimized by robbers or smash-and-grab burglars more than a half-dozen times in the last few months, authorities said.
—Harry Harris, Mercury News, 12 June 2025
Bass went to the 10th Select LA investment summit this week to offer foreign investors a clear message: L.A. remains very much open for business.
—David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2025
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“Open for business.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/open%20for%20business. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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