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.
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Jackson and Christie both have a sense of unfinished business after their championship hopes for Sacramento were dashed with a loss to the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 7 of the 2002 Western Conference finals.
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Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 19 May 2025
In this episode, Rebecca tries to solve some unfinished business with her mom.
—Marianne Eloise, Vulture, 10 May 2025
With just over one month left before the biennial regular legislative session is scheduled to adjourn in Austin, however, lawmakers still have a lot of unfinished business left to tend to and many priority bills still awaiting consideration in one legislative chamber.
—Patrick Gleason, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
However, one piece of unfinished business was the Miami federal trial of five men charged with conspiring in South Florida to kill Haitian President Jovenel Moïse in July 2021.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2025
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Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 19 May 2025
In this episode, Rebecca tries to solve some unfinished business with her mom.
—Marianne Eloise, Vulture, 10 May 2025
With just over one month left before the biennial regular legislative session is scheduled to adjourn in Austin, however, lawmakers still have a lot of unfinished business left to tend to and many priority bills still awaiting consideration in one legislative chamber.
—Patrick Gleason, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
However, one piece of unfinished business was the Miami federal trial of five men charged with conspiring in South Florida to kill Haitian President Jovenel Moïse in July 2021.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2025
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“Unfinished business.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unfinished%20business. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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