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busying around

busying around is the present participle and gerund 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 busying around

What is busying around the present participle and gerund of?
Busying around is the present participle and gerund of busy around.

Words near busying around in the dictionary

  1. busybodying
  2. busybodyish
  3. busybodyism
  4. busybodyness
  5. busying
  6. busying around
  7. busyings
  8. busyish
  9. busyness
  10. busynesse
  11. busynesses

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