English / idiom
Beat the Bushes
MEANING IN ENGLISH
To search thoroughly and exhaustively in order to find someone or something.
In context
01
The academic committee had to beat the bushes to recruit passionate young researchers.
02
We have been beating the bushes for historical archives that might explain this ancient inscription.
Synonyms
scour,search high and low,leave no stone unturned
Antonyms
ignore,overlook,disregard
Collocations
beat the bushes for talent,beat the bushes for funding,have to beat the bushes