"make things hum" meaning in Englisch

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Phrase

Etymology: [1] hum, make, thing
  1. Leben in die Bude bringen, Schwung in die Bude bringen
    Sense id: de-make_things_hum-en-phrase-P9LpaVDD
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (Leben in die Bude bringen, Schwung in die Bude bringen): Leben in die Bude bringen (Deutsch), Schwung in die Bude bringen (Deutsch)
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