run around

See also run around with, and run around after

English

Verb

run around (third-person singular simple present runs around, present participle running around, simple past and past participle ran around)

1. (idiomatic, intransitive)To be very busy doing many different things.

   I don't want to run around all week getting everything ready for the holidays.

2. (rail transport, of a locomotive) to move from one end of the consist to the other, so as to pull the train in the opposite direction.

Synonyms

• run about

Derived terms

runaround

Alternative forms

• runs around
• running around
• ran around