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BUSTLE ABOUT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Move or cause to move energetically or busily

Example:

The cheerleaders bustled about excitingly before their performance

Synonyms:

bustle; bustle about; hustle

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "bustle about" is one way to...):

move (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion)

"Bustle about" entails doing...:

belt along; bucket along; cannonball along; hasten; hie; hotfoot; pelt along; race; rush; rush along; speed; step on it (move hurridly)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

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