beat the bushes

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. Synonym of pound the pavement (“to campaign diligently; to seek something”). Canada,US,idiomatic
    — 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.

词形变化

beats the bushes present,singular,third-person beating the bushes participle,present beat the bushes past beaten the bushes participle,past beat the bushes colloquial,participle,past

词源

Both beat the bushes and scare up have figurative senses, referring to traversing the landscape seeking difficult-to-find things, that arose by extension from their senses referring to driving game out of the bush when hunting.
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