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beat the bushes

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

Synonym of pound the pavement (“to campaign diligently; to seek something”).

Canada, US, idiomatic

Examples

“They started beating the bushes in search⟳ of a commercially available solvent that would aid their manufacturing but wouldn't be too horribly toxic and wouldn't cost⟳ an arm and a leg.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

beat the clock beat the cock beat the crap out of beat the crowd beat the daylights out of beat the drum

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