mind-your-own-business
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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I’m a mind-your-own-business kind of person, but I have witnessed a family member suffer from asthma.
From Washington Post • Feb. 27, 2023
I do think this is a mind-your-own-business situation!
From Slate • Mar. 23, 2018
Better or not, Wyoming’s way — always idiosyncratic in the windblown, rural grain that mixes mind-your-own-business cowboy libertarianism and fiscal penny-pinching — is getting its moment in the spotlight.
From New York Times • Nov. 25, 2011
“I’m really sorry. Just ignore her. She hasn’t been able to locate her mind-your-own-business medication for years.”
From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King
I believe that we are as quiet, honest, genteel, and mind-your-own-business a set of folks as you may find in most other and more favored communities.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 1, July, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various
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