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MONKEY BUSINESS

suspicious activity (1) or mischievous activity (2)
MONKEY BUSINESS
1. The boss wasn’t sure, but he suspected that there was some monkey business going on with the company accounts.
2. The children had become very quiet in the playroom and their mother decided it was time to see what kind of monkey business they were up to.

Synonym: hanky-panky. Compare to: monkey around.


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