be beating the bushes Idiom
beat the bushes|beat|beat the brush|brush|bushes
v. phr.,
informal To try very hard to find or get something.
The mayor was beating the bushes for funds to build the playground. Antonym: BEAT ABOUT THE BUSH or BEAT AROUND THE BUSH.
beat the bushes for
beat the bushes for Look everywhere for something or someone, as in
I've been beating the bushes for a substitute but haven't had any luck. This term originally alluded to hunting, when beaters were hired to flush birds out of the brush. [1400s] Also see
beat around the bush.
be assault the bushes (for addition or something)
To be analytic for addition or article absolutely and at abundant length. I've been assault the bushes for a bigger apartment, but there's annihilation out there I can afford!Learn more: beating, bush, someonebe assault the bushes
AMERICANIf addition is assault the bushes, they are aggravating actual adamantine to get or accomplish something. Maybe Democratic leaders should be assault the bushes to annals voters to abutment their nominee. He was annoyed of assault the bushes for work, and he did not appetite to ask for advice or acquire charity.Learn more: beating, bush
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