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Phrase(s): busy someone with someone or something
to keep someone busy dealing with someone or something. • You should busy the children with some activity. • We will busy Randy with cleaning up the garage., Phrase(s): busy oneself with someone or something
to occupy one’s time by dealing with someone or something. • Tony busied himself with helping Sam. • Mrs. Wilson busied herself with little Jimmy.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs