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To teem with; abound with; to exhibit an energetic and active abundance of a thing; to be full of a certain activity or active beings.
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The whole campus was bustling with anticipation.
Submitted on September 01, 2012
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- straighten out
- suck up
- take apart
- turn back
- all duck or no dinner
- at one's beck and call
- cat and mouse game
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