run around
To be very busy doing many different thingsTo be very busy doing many different things.
» What's wrong with running around your house naked?
Was ist schlimm daran, nackt im eigenen Haus herumzulaufen?
Что плохого в том, чтобы бегать вокруг дома голым?
Що поганого в тому, щоб бігати навколо будинку голим?
Meaning
6 senses(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.
(idiomatic, intransitive)To go from place to place.
To move from one end of the consist to the other, so as to pull the train in the opposite direction.
(slang)To cheat; to be unfaithful to a romantic partner.
To change one's position on the court to hit a forehand rather than a backhand, or vice versa.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see run, around.
The children ran around in the playground.
- play boisterously
Examples
120 sentencesWhat's wrong with running around your house naked?
Що поганого в тому, щоб бігати навколо будинку голим?
ruЧто плохого в том, чтобы бегать вокруг дома голым?
deWas ist schlimm daran, nackt im eigenen Haus herumzulaufen?
Don't run around the house.
Не бігайте по дому.
The dog ran around and around.
The dog ran around a tree.
The dog ran around the tree.
Translations
2 languagesForms
runs around, running around, ran around, run around| Base form | run around · to run around |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | runs around |
| Present participle | running around |
| Past simple | ran around |
| Past participle | run around |
irregular · Lesson
Phrasal verbs
16 phrasal verbs- run upшитиTo run (towards someone or something); to hasten to a destination.
- run offвідлякати, відлякуватиTo flee or depart quickly.
- run outзакінчитися, закінчуватисяTo use up or consume all
- run downпереїхати, переїжджатиTo hit someone with a car or other vehicle and injure or kill them.
- run overпереїхати, переїжджатиTo exceed the allotted time.
- run awayбігати, бігтиTo flee by running.
- run afterгнати, ганятиTo follow quickly, often in an effort to catch or catch up with (someone or something).
- run intoзрозуміти, розумітиTo enter by running.
More 8
- run aroundобшукати, обшукуватиTo be very busy doing many different things.
- run throughу /в мене, матиTo repeat something.
- run onTo continue without interruption
- run inTo arrest; (especially) to track down and arrest.
- run backTo take someone home by car; to give someone a lift to their house.
- run alongTo leave; to make one's way somewhere else.
- run withTo be streaming with a fluid.
- run aheadTo use sidings to pass a different train.
Synonyms
12 synonymsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb