funny business
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: dishonest activity
Fake bidding and other funny business occurred during the auction.
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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.
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Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 28 Nov. 2024
Feh! Bettors – and bookies – wouldn’t stand for any funny business
Orthodox mark Christmas, but the celebration is overshadowed for many by conflict
TCU center Sedona Prince out with a hand injury.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Nov. 2024
However, there was no need for funny business in this instance.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024
To prove that there was no funny business, mediums would have their hands bound behind their backs.
—Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
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Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 28 Nov. 2024
Feh! Bettors – and bookies – wouldn’t stand for any funny business
Orthodox mark Christmas, but the celebration is overshadowed for many by conflict
TCU center Sedona Prince out with a hand injury.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Nov. 2024
However, there was no need for funny business in this instance.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024
To prove that there was no funny business, mediums would have their hands bound behind their backs.
—Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
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“Funny business.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/funny%20business. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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