busy around

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɪzi əˈraʊnd/

busy around (third-person singular simple present busies around, present participle busying around, simple past and past participle busied around)

1. To stay busy by doing various tasks or activities.
   • 1977-1980, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure

     She stayed a long time, way past visiting hours, busying around smoothing the sheets, etc.