take one's business elsewhere
Leave for competitors
To take one's business elsewhere is to stop patronizing a store, service provider, or establishment—usually because of dissatisfaction—and become the customer of a competitor instead.
The phrase emphasizes the customer's power to choose and is often used as a threat or ultimatum: If you can't match that price, I'll take my business elsewhere.
It can extend beyond commercial contexts to mean withdrawing support or participation from any relationship or arrangement.
- market sharePercentage of sector sales
- retentionContinued holding or possession
- burned bridgesDestroyed relationships permanently
- alternativesOther available options
- shopping aroundComparing sellers before purchasing
choice · dissatisfaction · last straw · grievances · decision-making · churn rate · substitutes · pricing strategy · complaints · differentiation · trust · defection · boycott · word of mouth · negotiation · competitive advantage · transparency · rivalry
take one's business elsewherekeep coming back
Return again and again
stick with · stay put · brand loyalty · customer retention · keep the faith
take one's business elsewherelodge a complaint
taking, takers, business, businesses, businesslike, businessman, businesswoman, elsewhere, somewhere