business end (of something)
- business end (of something)
n. the dangerous end of something; the part of something that does something as opposed to the part one holds on to.
□ Harry burned himself on the business end of a soldering iron.
□ The robber pointed the business end of the gun right at Kelly.
Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions.
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