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BUSTLE ABOUT
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Move or cause to move energetically or busily
Example:
The cheerleaders bustled about excitingly before their performance
Synonyms:
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