beat the bushes

Language: en

Meaning: (idiomatic,Canada,US)Synonym ofpound the pavement(“to campaign diligently; to seek something”).They startedbeating the bushesin search of a commercially available solvent that would aid their manufacturing but wouldn't be too horribly toxic and wouldn't cost an arm and a leg.

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