do the business

do the business
   to copulate with
   Often within marriage or a permanent relationship, and not to be confused with do business with:
    This was the first time they had done the business in a good while; two months nearly. Made love. He'd never called it that; sounded thick. Riding your wife was more than just riding. (R. Doyle, 1991)

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  • do the business — {v. phr.}, {informal} To do what is needed or wanted; get the job done; take proper action. * /The boys had trouble in rolling the stone, but four of them did the business./ * /When the little boy cut his finger a bandage did the business./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

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