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Meanings of beat about in English

Spanish
buscar

Search anxiously.

buscar
Usage of beat about in English
1
Mr. Mervin Brown on this occasion did not beat about the bush.
The Great Prince Shan
2
They continued to support her, although she beat about in jagged circles.
Angel Island
3
Screaming out I bounded erect and beat about me with blind desperation.
The Black Wolf's Breed / A Story of France in the Old World and ...
4
Well, Dr. Staines, I will not beat about the bush with you.
A Simpleton
5
Thus urged, Garnet, though greatly embarrassed, did not beat about the bush.
The Luckiest Girl in the School
6
I can't beat about the bush, and call things by pretty names.
Harriet and the Piper
7
It's no use, I see, to beat about the bush any longer.
Glen of the High North
8
There's no need for us to beat about the bush, is there?
Sisters
9
You could tell he wasn't a man to beat about the bush.
The Guardian
10
Why do you beat about the bush,-whydon't you speak right out?'
The Beetle: A Mystery
11
It is vain to beat about the bush; we must face the alternative.
The Subterranean Brotherhood
12
They were rapid and decided people; they did not beat about the bush.
Dangerous Ages
13
Our minds begin to beat about in the undiscovered countries looking for it.
A Man for the Ages: A Story of the Builders of Democracy
14
Light in blinding, intolerable flood beat about us, blackening the sight with agony.
The Metal Monster
15
We beat about the under-brush, but succeeded in stirring up nothing but mosquitoes.
Gold of the Gods
16
A wild gale was blowing and rain beat about them in level sheets.
Roosevelt in the Bad Lands
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Translations for beat about
Beat about through the time
Beat about across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Rare