busy around

/ˈbɪzi əˈraʊnd/

verb

To stay busy by doing various tasks or activities.

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Meanings

verbbusy around (third-person singular simple present busies around, present participle busying around, simple past and past participle busied around)

present singular third person busies around · participle present busying around · participle past busied around · past busied around

  1. To stay busy by doing various tasks or activities.

    1977-1980, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure She stayed a long time, way past visiting hours, busying around smoothing the sheets, etc.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “busy around,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/busy%20around.

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