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busied around

busied around is the simple past and past participle of busy around.

Meaning of busy around

Verb

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

  1. To stay busy by doing various tasks or activities.
    • She stayed a long time, way past visiting hours, busying around smoothing the sheets, etc.1977-1980, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure

Questions about busied around

What is busied around the simple past and past participle of?
Busied around is the simple past and past participle of busy around.

Words near busied around in the dictionary

  1. busiate
  2. Busick
  3. Busicks
  4. busie
  5. busied
  6. busied around
  7. busier
  8. busies
  9. busies around
  10. busiest
  11. busieth

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