Daily life

rush around

move busily from task to task

If you rush around, you move quickly and busily between different tasks or places.

B1 very common mostly spoken

expression

Hear it in real life

Did you have time for lunch?

No, I was rushing around from one meeting to another.

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I was rushing around all morning trying to get the house ready.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: I rushed everywhere doing errands.

Say: I rushed around doing errands.

Use "around" to show busy movement between several tasks or places.

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How it fits in a sentence.

rush around doing something; be rushing around

Your turn: say it out loud

I was rushing around all morning trying to get the house ready.

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

rush around

move busily from task to task

“I was rushing around all morning trying to get the house ready.”

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