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to run their bidness

to run their bidness

9.9
Manage and look after a business
  • idiom
  • /rʌn ðɛr ˈbɪdnəs/
  • Informal
translation icon : manejar su negocio
  • They always run their bidness with a strong sense of community.

Examples

  • They run their bidness from home.

  • Do you think they run their bidness well?

  • Even during hard times, she managed to run their bidness efficiently.

  • Some people judge how you run their bidness, but integrity matters most.

  • Despite the challenges, they continue to run their bidness with enthusiasm and dedication.

  • In this town, many families work hard to run their bidness together and support each other.

  • He believes that honesty is key to run their bidness successfully, no matter the competition.

Synonyms

to operate
vsto run their bidness
510 3.2

To run a business or project and make the main decisions

is the informal dialectal way to say that same managerial role
to run the show
vsto run their bidness
  • Informal
58 4.1

To be in charge of an activity or group

is used for everyday management rather than public leadership
to take care of business
vsto run their bidness
34 3.8

To handle important tasks or responsibilities

is about managing the whole operation instead of only completing tasks

Antonyms

to abandon
773 3.1

Leave someone or something behind permanently and without care

to neglect
256 3.8

Fail to care for someone or something you should look after

How Well

to run their bidness
  • Informal
9.9
to mismanage
17 4.8

Surface Forms

run their bidness infinitive
running their bidness present participle
runs their bidness third person singular
ran their bidness past
run their bidness past participle

Morphology

run + their + bidness

This is a nonstandard, dialectal phonetic spelling of 'run their business' so the overall meaning ('to operate/manage their business') is directly derived from 'run' + 'their' + 'business'. A B1 learner who knows the constituent meanings would readily infer the sense despite the informal orthography; the expression is compositional rather than idiomatic.

Etymology

Run their bidness is an informal, spoken way to say run their business, coming from how some people say 'business' as bidness. Imagine someone running around a small shop to keep things working, and that image explains why it means 'to operate or manage their business'.