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DictionarySeebeatbeat the bushes
beat the bushes (for someone or something)To search for someone or something exhaustively and at great length. I've been beating the bushes for a bigger apartment, but there's nothing out there I can afford!See also: beat, bush, someonebeat the bushes search thoroughly. North American informal This expression originates from the way in which hunters walk through undergrowth wielding long sticks which are used to force birds or animals out into the open where they can be shot or netted.See also: beat, bushbeat the ˈbushes (especially American English) try very hard to find, obtain or achieve something: Telephone companies are beating the bushes for new customers.See also: beat, bush beat the bushes To make an exhaustive search.See also: beat, bushBeat the Bushes
Beat the BushesTo market a product in a rural or unusual area. Advertising a store in the newspaper of a town that is more than an hour away from the nearest location of that store is an example of beating the bushes. |