unfinished business

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unfinished business (uncountable)

  1. A matter that still has to be completed or dealt with, sometimes with an ominous or threatening implication.
    • 2001 May 12, Robert Potts, quoting Paul Muldoon, “The poet at play”, in The Guardian[1], →ISSN:
      He gives the impression that it took time for him to come to terms with his feelings towards her, admitting that, “I'm sure we had some unfinished business”, []

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