Beat the Bushes

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Beat the Bushes

To market a product in a rural or unusual area. Advertising a store in the newspaper of a town that is more than an hour away from the nearest location of that store is an example of beating the bushes.

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SUBIC BAY FREEPORT -- They climbed trees, beat the bushes and bent their bows to shoot arrows.

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"I feel very fortunate that (Annapurna's) Megan Ellison began backing films and producing at the time she did because I really did beat the bushes and was unable to find any kind of concrete support for the film other than her.

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In a scenario unfortunately reminiscent of the lead up to Iraq, the National Security Council tasked the various intelligence agencies to beat the bushes and come up with more corroborative information.