send one about one's business

send one about one's business {v. phr.}

To dismiss someone summarily; tell one off.

When Mrs. Atwater discovered that her daughter's French tutor was an ordinary fortune hunter, she sent him about his business.

Compare: SEND ONE PACKING.

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