RUN AROUND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does run around mean? 

• RUN AROUND (verb)
  The verb RUN AROUND has 1 sense:

1. play boisterously

  Familiarity information: RUN AROUND used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RUN AROUND (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Play boisterously

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

cavort; disport; frisk; frolic; gambol; lark; lark about; rollick; romp; run around; skylark; sport

Context example:

The toddlers romped in the playroom

Hypernyms (to "run around" is one way to...):

play (be at play; be engaged in playful activity; amuse oneself in a way characteristic of children)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

 Context examples 

They were coated solidly with ice, and the two men kept them on the run around the fire, sweating and thawing, so close that they were singed by the flames.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

Researchers have discovered that blood vessels within bone marrow may progressively turn into bones with advancing age and run around the bloodstream.

(Bone-Like Particles Found Travelling through Human Bloodstream, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

"She's a nice girl," said Tom after a moment. "They oughtn't to let her run around the country this way."

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)

"She has a big dinner party and he won't know a soul there." He frowned. "I wonder where in the devil he met Daisy. By God, I may be old-fashioned in my ideas, but women run around too much these days to suit me. They meet all kinds of crazy fish."

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)