fuss around

To do something in a hasty or energetic manner. Mom wasn't expecting us, so she fussed around and prepared some snacks as we settled down in the living room.

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He said: "I know there will be a lot of fuss around Phil.

Dobey's Shear will to defeat the Power

Summary: Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], Dec 14 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh on Thursday said Congress has a habit of creating fuss around elections.

Cong. is habitual of creating fuss around elections, says Raman Singh

There is far too much fuss around the Leaving Cert now though - no one ever asks when you are older, what did your get in your Leaving?

Results aren't the be all and end all; Leaving Cert advice from some of Ireland's famous faces

The best bet in this case would not be fuss around or even put the phone to charge, but rather allow the battery to fully drain and the phone to properly switch off.

iPhone Frozen? Why It Did And Possible Solutions

He will be treat like every other fighter I won't fuss around him as I'm sure he wouldn't want that.

Reality just got a bit harder for TV's Aaron

TWO related items this week - the fuss around the statue of Cecil Rhodes at Oxford University and the nonsensical controversy around actor Damian Lewis opening the anniversary celebrations at a school in Camden.

Students on the Rhodes to nowhere

Hypocritical and lying organizations, which claim to be supporters of human rights, together with Western governments, which sometimes kick up a fuss around the world over the death of a single person, maintained absolute silence in this case to favor their friends [in Saudi Arabia]," he asserted.

Leader flays Saudis harshly

All in the church come around during the peace and parishioners fuss around George.

Privileged to attend a wonderful church; LETTERS

Ready meals and pizzas are in high demand during the tournament as football fans don t want to fuss around too much in the kitchen before a game starts.

United Kingdom : Operation Brazil launched by Tesco as World Cup related sales start to take off

Citing Bulgarian experts, Hassel also holds that clear winners will emerge out of the fuss around the South Stream project - the Russian politicians and entrepreneurs blacklisted by the US, like Gennady Tymchenko, and four Bulgarian subcontractors.

Bulgaria Faces a Daily EUR 8000 Fine over South Stream

The initial fuss around the RFU paying some, or all of the transfer fee for the English rugby league player to join Bath from South Sydney seems to have died down, with Bath apparently footing the whole bill.

FAST-TRACK WRONG FOR BURGESS

Instantly surrounded by a half-dozen activists at Kiev's central Independence Square, or Maidan Nezalezhnosti, Ruslana plots strategy, ignoring the make up artist and hair-dresser who fuss around her.

Eurovision star Ruslana becomes Ukraine's latest voice of protest

Yet it is clear his focus is solely on the fixture itself, not the fuss around it, even to the extent of a potential celebration should his own side prevail.

Ghost of years past looms over United boss

In particular, Nalbandian said: "Azerbaijan is trying to make a fuss around opening of the Stepanakert airport and to politicize

Yerevan: Azerbaijan will fail to isolate Nagorno-Karabakh

So, Chowder Singh decided to check out what's the big fuss around Hapus and in pursuit of the same, reached the beautiful shores of Ratnagiri.