beat the bushes

Example Sentences

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“In any sale, you try to beat the bushes and get as many people interested. But at some point the board is going to have to make a decision.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2025

So now I personally had to go beat the bushes to find contractors to bid the project.

From Washington Post • Apr. 4, 2022

“I want this party, in the final weeks of the campaign, to be out there hiring workers to go out and beat the bushes, knock on doors, get people to polls,” Mr. Clyburn said.

From New York Times • Oct. 24, 2016

Much of this money was raised through the tireless efforts of Joey’s father, Joe, who beat the bushes day and night to keep the funds rolling in. 

From Forbes • Feb. 10, 2012

He looked in parked cars and beat the bushes.

From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee