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Phrase(s): flutter about something [and] flutter around something
1. Lit. to fly around something or some place. • The moths were fluttering about the lightbulb. • The butterf lies fluttered around the bright flowers. 2. Fig. to keep moving busily within a particular place. • The maid fluttered about the house, dusting and arranging. • She fluttered around the house from room to room., Phrase(s): flutter about [and] flutter around
1. Lit. to fly about with quick, flapping motions of the wings. • The moths fluttered about aimlessly. • A few birds fluttered around. 2. Fig. [for someone] to move about quickly and busily. • Aunt Margaret fluttered about, picking up after everyone. • Stop fluttering around and sit down!
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs