beat the bushes (English, verb)
expansion: beat the bushes (third-person singular simple present beats the bushes, present participle beating the bushes, simple past beat the bushes, past participle beaten the bushes or (colloquial) beat the bushes)
Senses:
glosses: Synonym of pound the pavement (“to campaign diligently; to seek something”).
tags: Canada
US
idiomatic
Forms:
form: beats the bushes
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: beating the bushes
tags: participle
present
form: beat the bushes
tags: past
form: beaten the bushes
tags: participle
past
form: beat the bushes
tags: colloquial
participle
past