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
Pinky threw out the sentence in at snappish, mind-your-own-business tone.
From Cast Adrift by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)
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