| 释义 |
beat the bushesNorth American informal Search thoroughly: I was out beating the bushes for investors to split the risk...- The choice is whether to focus on one dream candidate or to beat the bushes and conduct a thorough search.
- As the tightest presidential election in Mexican history hits the homestretch for July 2, the front-runners are beating the bushes for every vote they can get.
- Rather than desperately beating the bushes for MBAs, by the 1990s, US firms were swamped with them.
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