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business end

 
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–noun
the front part or end of a tool, weapon, etc., with which the work is done or from which a missile is ejected, as opposed to the handle or butt: the business end of a revolver; the business end of a screwdriver.
Origin:
1875–80
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business end  
n.  The part of a weapon or tool, usually at the front, that inflicts damage or performs work.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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business end (of (sth))

  1. 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.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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