busy around

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English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɪzi əˈraʊnd/

Verb[edit]

busy around (third-person singular simple present busies around, present participle busying around, simple past and past participle busied around)

  1. To stay busy by doing various tasks or activities.
    • 1977-1980, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure
      She stayed a long time, way past visiting hours, busying around smoothing the sheets, etc.
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