Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

beating the bushes

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.52 in modern English

Syllables
beat-ing the bush-es
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of beat the bushes

Questions

What does beating the bushes mean?
present participle and gerund of beat the bushes

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