Fuss
1. Consider the following sentence:
"With our army discharges, we were in no mood to fuss with international red tape."
Does 'to fuss' mean 'to stand'?
2. Or would the sentence make sense if it was said:
"With our army discharges, we were in no mood to stand international red tape."
Top answer
Christine Christie Does 'to fuss' mean 'to stand'? No. fuss = deal not in a mood to fuss with something ~ not in a mood to deal with something ~ not in a mood to handle, or work with, or cooperate with, or be inconvenienced by, or conform to the rules and regulations of (whatever).
- Christine Christie Does 'to fuss' mean 'to stand'?
- No.
- fuss = deal not in a mood to fuss with something ~ not in a mood to deal with something ~ not in a mood to handle, or work with, or cooperate with, or be inconvenienced by, or conform to the rules and regulations of (whatever).
- CJ
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Christine ChristieDoes 'to fuss' mean 'to stand'?
No.
fuss = deal
not in a mood to fuss with something
~ not in a mood to deal with something
~ not in a mood to handle, or work with, or cooperate with, or be inconvenienced by, or conform to the rules and regulations of (whatever).
CJ
0Does 'to fuss' mean 'to stand'? No. Perhaps you mean 'to stand for', meaning to tolerate, to have patience with. eg The sales clerk was quite rude. Tom woudn't tand for it, so he asked to speak to the manager.
to fuss with international red tape." to deal with all the petty details of international red tape."
Clive
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