ALL meanings of beat the bushes
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B b - noun beat the bushes a low plant with many branches that arise from or near the ground. 1
- noun beat the bushes a small cluster of shrubs appearing as a single plant. 1
- noun beat the bushes something resembling or suggesting this, as a thick, shaggy head of hair. 1
- noun beat the bushes Also called bush lot. Canadian. a small, wooded lot, especially a farm lot with trees left standing to provide firewood, fence posts, etc. 1
- noun beat the bushes the tail of a fox; brush. 1
- noun beat the bushes Geography. a stretch of uncultivated land covered with mixed plant growth, bushy vegetation, trees, etc. 1
- noun beat the bushes a large uncleared area thickly covered with mixed plant growth, trees, etc., as a jungle. 1
- noun beat the bushes a large, sparsely populated area most of which is uncleared, as areas of Australia and Alaska. 1
- noun beat the bushes a tree branch hung as a sign before a tavern or vintner's shop. 1
- noun beat the bushes any tavern sign. 1
- noun beat the bushes Slang: Vulgar. pubic hair. 1
- noun beat the bushes Archaic. a wineshop. 1
- verb without object beat the bushes to be or become bushy; branch or spread as or like a bush. 1
- verb with object beat the bushes to cover, protect, support, or mark with a bush or bushes. 1
- adjective beat the bushes bush-league. 1
- idioms beat the bushes beat around / about the bush, to avoid coming to the point; delay in approaching a subject directly: Stop beating around the bush and tell me what you want. 1
- idioms beat the bushes beat the bushes, to scout or search for persons or things far and wide: beating the bushes for engineers. 1
- idioms beat the bushes go bush, Australian. to flee or escape into the bush. Slang. to become wild. 1