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flutter about
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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!
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flutter about something and flutter around something 

1. Lit. to fly around something or some place. The moths were fluttering about the lightbulb. The butterflies 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.
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They flutter around the large cabbages looking for the perfect specimen to lay their eggs.
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Explore the wonderful tropical world where hundreds of spectacular butterflies flutter around you as you wander by the waterfalls and fish-filled ponds.
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On her forthcoming Un Dia, Molina's trademark vocals--plaintive coos, yips and mantra-like chants sung primarily in Spanish--dip and flutter around some of her most complex songs yet.
Complications: Juana Molina untangles and retangles modern music by Rachel, T. Coole / The Fader
 
 
 
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