beat the bushes

beat the bushes also beat the brush  {v. phr.},  {informal}
To try very hard to find or get something.
The mayor was beating the bushes for funds to build the playground.
Contrast: BEAT ABOUT THE BUSH or BEAT AROUND THE BUSH.
Categories: informal verb
Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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