verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
about
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The parents were scurrying about like ants.
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He loved catching bugs in jars and would peer in through the glass, mesmerized, to watch them scurry about .
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There were a lot of men in boiler-suits and yellow hats scurrying about , and Blondel found no difficulty in blending in.
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At the Bibelot book shop, I scurry about from aisle to aisle.
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She could almost hear her brain scurrying about in confusion, computer-fashion, seeking familiar data to confirm location.
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A couple of chipmunks scurried about .
along
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The workers, scurrying along the tracks through the undergrowth, are blind and sterile.
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The top of the wall was in better repair closer to the house and he scurried along it.
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They zigzagged around tree trunks and saw the dark shapes scurrying along out of the corner of their eyes.
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Behind comes a column of workers, scurrying along a dozen or so abreast, many of them carrying larvae.
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We scurried along the ditch, doubled over.
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September opened with high winds that sent the leaves scurrying along the pavements and brought decayed branches crashing down in Sherwood Forest.
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Leaves danced curlicues on the pavement as the wind ripped them from the plane trees and sent them scurrying along the ground.
around
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In the dark, she imagined red-eyed rats scurrying around her, lashing her with their tails.
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Lots of scurrying around and no payoff.
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Everyone scurrying around in a kind of frantic muddled order.
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Broomfield picks up a rock to reveal some very unappealing creatures scurrying around in the Hollywood underground.
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His wife scurried around serving ersatz coffee and comforting a baby born four days previously.
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The foolish trader is tempted by a bargain price and then scurries around trying to find a buyer for his bargains.
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This scurrying around like troglodytes is enough to depress anyone.
away
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The witches were ushered to the area in front of the thrones, and then Millie scurried away .
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Men were running up to him and then scurrying away .
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Blew about twenty families to bits and sent a shocking number of people scurrying away without their parents or their children.
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Even the candle was used to singe those scurrying away .
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Everywhere they came upon beetles, spiders and small lizards which scurried away as they pushed through the fibrous, resistant heather.
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Sometimes small animals leaped out and scurried away .
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A handful of figures scurried away , otherwise the square was empty.
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One shadow erupted in a flurry of bubbles and a flick of a tail as a PukPuk or crocodile scurried away .
back
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He scurried back to the kitchen to galvanise the staff into action.
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Manning scurried back to his bartending.
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He turned off the lights and scurried back to the theatre.
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I took the package from the bottom shelf of the cupboard and scurried back down the hall.
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Footballers and all other competitive sports people stay out but cricketers scurry back inside just when it is getting interesting.
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Feeling frightened, he scurried back up the stairs and sank bewildered into his armchair.
off
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These days it isn't just those health-food cranks who are scurrying off to buy their brown wholemeal loaves.
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Upending rocks in the muddy cove, I uncover fighting green crabs that rise up startled and scurry off into the muck.
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Then he nudged Wa again, and sent him scurrying off down a nearby alley into the heart of the city.
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Lots of streetlamps were busted, his headlights making people scurry off the street, eyes glowing like cats.
■ NOUN
people
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Blew about twenty families to bits and sent a shocking number of people scurrying away without their parents or their children.
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Lots of streetlamps were busted, his headlights making people scurry off the street, eyes glowing like cats.
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Knots of people scurried in the snowy rain.
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The weather is the smallest worry; a blizzard or two is bound to send people scurrying to their travel agents eventually.
■ VERB
send
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September opened with high winds that sent the leaves scurrying along the pavements and brought decayed branches crashing down in Sherwood Forest.
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Hours later, three short bursts of automatic gunfire sent police scurrying for cover Wednesday morning.
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Something must have happened; something alarming enough to send the Prince scurrying from the ball.
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Traders said intensifying worries about falling prices and excess supply have sent investors scurrying from the semiconductor sector.
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The wind shoved the canoe off the peak and sent it scurrying .
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I was sent scurrying , as you can imagine.
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The rain sent many scurrying for cover and raincoats as they began exploring the city.
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The weather is the smallest worry; a blizzard or two is bound to send people scurrying to their travel agents eventually.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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His aides scurried about, murmuring to each other in Russian.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At the Bibelot book shop, I scurry about from aisle to aisle.
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He was imagining them as they scurried to and fro like rats, like rabbits, when farmers burnt the stubble off their fields.
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It is recognition of this reality that has set the nations of the world scurrying to respond.
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Knots of people scurried in the snowy rain.
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The witches were ushered to the area in front of the thrones, and then Millie scurried away.
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They hear a scurrying in the tree above their heads.