keep sth businesslike

Frequency: 4.53.2 per million words

To maintain a professional and impersonal tone in a situation or relationship.

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Examples (10)

  • I'd rather keep the relationship strictly businesslike.
  • During the negotiations, it's crucial to keep the discussion businesslike.
  • She managed to keep the meeting businesslike, despite the heated topic.
  • Let's keep this conversation businesslike and stick to the facts.
  • As a manager, he always tries to keep his interactions with staff businesslike.
  • We've decided to keep our partnership purely businesslike to avoid conflicts.
  • The moderator's job is to keep the debate businesslike and on schedule.
  • Even though they were old friends, they had to keep their correspondence businesslike for legal reasons.
  • To avoid any misunderstandings, please keep all future communications businesslike.
  • He found it difficult to keep the tone businesslike when dealing with family matters in the company.