🗓️ Idiom: Get Down to Business
💬 Meaning
- Start working seriously on something important.
- Begin focusing on the main task or topic without distractions.
🧠 Example Sentences
- Let’s get down to business and discuss the project details.
- After the introductions, the meeting got down to business quickly.
- We need to get down to business to meet the deadline.
🏛️ Origin
This idiom comes from the idea of moving from small talk or distractions to serious work or discussion. It means focusing on the main task.
📝 Practice Exercises
1. Fill in the blank:
After the introductions, we ________ to finish the report.
Answer
got down to business
2. Multiple choice:
What does “get down to business” mean?
a) Start working seriously
b) Take a break
c) Talk about unrelated things
Answer
a) Start working seriously
3. Rewrite the sentence:
“We should start working on the main task now.”
Answer
We should get down to business now.
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Rob is a CELTA qualified English teacher with 15 years of international experience. He has a BSc and PGDip from Loughborough and St Andrews universities in the UK. He has taught in Thailand and Saudi Arabia and now works with professionals worldwide.
