"busy around" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈbɪzi əˈraʊnd/ Forms: busies around [present, singular, third-person], busying around [participle, present], busied around [participle, past], busied around [past]
Head templates: {{en-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.

Inflected forms

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          "text": "1977-1980, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure\nShe stayed a long time, way past visiting hours, busying around smoothing the sheets, etc."
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