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to keep sb busy

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  • keep someone busy — phrase to have or give someone a lot of things to do or think about, often as a way of filling up time We’ve got enough work here to keep us busy for weeks. You keep them busy while I call the police. I try to keep myself busy as much as possible …   Useful english dictionary

  • keep yourself busy — keep yourself ˈbusy idiom to find enough things to do • Since she retired she s kept herself very busy. Main entry: ↑busyidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • keep someone busy — to have or give someone a lot of things to do or think about, often as a way of filling up time We ve got enough work here to keep us busy for weeks. You keep them busy while I call the police. I try to keep myself busy as much as possible …   English dictionary

  • Busy work — is a term for schoolwork, coursework, or homework that keeps students occupied without teaching anything constructive or interesting. Examples might include hastily put together projects , which are given to the student to keep them busy if the… …   Wikipedia

  • busy yourself — phrase to make yourself busy by doing a particular job or activity He busied himself with plans for the future. She busied herself putting the clothes away. Thesaurus: to work hardsynonym Main entry: busy * * * busy yourself …   Useful english dictionary

  • busy oneself — keep occupied. → busy …   English new terms dictionary

  • busy — bus|y1 [ bızi ] adjective *** 1. ) having many things to do: The parents of young children are always busy. a busy doctor He is an extremely busy man. busy with: Irina and Marcus were busy with preparations for their wedding. a ) not able to do a …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • busy — I UK [ˈbɪzɪ] / US adjective Word forms busy : adjective busy comparative busier superlative busiest *** Metaphor: Being very busy at work is like being covered with things or surrounded by something such as water or the ground, so that you cannot …   English dictionary

  • busy — adj. VERBS ▪ be, look, seem ▪ become, get ▪ keep, remain, stay (esp. AmE) ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

  • busy — I adj. 1) busy at, with (the children were busy with their homework) 2) to be busy doing smt. (she was busy getting dinner ready) 3) to keep smb. busy II v. (d; refl.) to busy by, with (he busied himself with various jobs) * * * [ bɪzɪ] with (he… …   Combinatory dictionary

  • busy*/*/*/ — [ˈbɪzi] adj I 1) having a lot of things to do He is an extremely busy man.[/ex] It s been a very busy day.[/ex] We have enough work here to keep us busy for weeks.[/ex] Irina and Marcus were busy with preparations for their wedding.[/ex] We re… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

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