Is "do business" an idiom?

[Rita]

Test No. incompl/inter-52 "Business Expressions (1)", question 1

I heard of a new company today with which we should co-operate and ......... business with.

(a) make
(b) create
(c) have
(d) do

Test No. incompl/inter-52 "Business Expressions (1)", answer 1

I heard of a new company today with which we should co-operate and do business with.

Correct answer: (d) do

Your answer was: n/a
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I would like to ask you why word "make" doesn't fit here
Sincerely yours
Rita

[Alan]

This is an idiom.
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[Yankee]

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Isn't the last word in the test sentence ('with') redundant?
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[Alan]

November 16th 2004 I reply.

April 27th 2008 you respond.

That says it all really.

Alan
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[Yankee]

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Better late than never, eh? :wink:

I wasn't a member back in 2004. However, earlier today a test-taker posted a question about a sentence in a test from this category. I clicked on one of the other tests just to see what else was floating around. Just a "lucky click", I suppose. :wink: :lol:
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