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Значение идиомы beat the bushes
[beat the bushes] also [beat the brush] {v. phr.}, {informal} To try very hard to find or get something.
The mayor was beating the bushes for funds to build the playground.
Contrast: BEAT ABOUT THE BUSH or BEAT AROUND THE BUSH.
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