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make it one's business

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  1. Undertake a self-appointed task, as in I'll make it my business to find out their plans. This phrase was first recorded in 1642.

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V. pass one's time in, employ one's time in, spend one's time in; employ oneself in, employ oneself upon; occupy oneself with, concern oneself with; make it one's business &c. n.; undertake &c.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark

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