Meaning

6 senses
  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. (idiomatic, intransitive)To go from place to place.

  3. To move from one end of the consist to the other, so as to pull the train in the opposite direction.

  4. (slang)To cheat; to be unfaithful to a romantic partner.

  5. To change one's position on the court to hit a forehand rather than a backhand, or vice versa.

  6. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see run, around.

    The children ran around in the playground.

More definitions
  • play boisterously

Examples

120 sentences
  1. What's wrong with running around your house naked?

    Що поганого в тому, щоб бігати навколо будинку голим? — aandrusiak

    ruЧто плохого в том, чтобы бегать вокруг дома голым? — odexed

    deWas ist schlimm daran, nackt im eigenen Haus herumzulaufen? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. Don't run around the house.

    Не бігайте по дому. — deniko

  3. The dog ran around and around.

  4. The dog ran around a tree.

  5. The dog ran around the tree.

Translations

2 languages

Forms

runs around, running around, ran around, run around
Base formrun around · to run around
3rd person singularruns around
Present participlerunning around
Past simpleran around
Past participlerun around

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyrun around
he, she, itruns around

Past simpleLesson

all personsran around

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave run around
he, she, ithas run around

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill run around

Phrasal verbs

16 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

12 synonyms

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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