Busy
Busy verb - To hold the attention of.
Join
Join verb - To be adjacent to.
Mutual synonyms
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- He hoped that if the Mexicans invaded, then America would be too busy to join the Entente or send them supplies.
Source: Awakening the Sleeping Giant - Great Offscreen War: Argentina and Brazil did not join the war because they were busy with the War of the Triple Alliance.
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Paddy then spends the entire trip grumbling and grousing about how Billy is too busy to join his "three oldest friends" in Vegas.
Source: Film / Last Vegas
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Join and Busy. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 08, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/busy/join
Busy & Join. N.p., 2016. Web. 08 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/busy/join>.
Join or Busy. 2016. Accessed August 08, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/busy/join.
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