- 1[countable] a plant that grows thickly with several hard stems coming up from the root a rose bush holly bushes compare tree
- 2[countable] a thing that looks like a bush, especially an area of thick hair or fur
- 3the bush [uncountable] an area of wild land that has not been cleared, especially in Africa and Australia Idioms
to talk about something for a long time without coming to the main point Stop beating around the bush and tell me what you want.
it is better to keep something that you already have than to risk losing it by trying to get much more
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