gad
verb (used without object)
to move restlessly or aimlessly from one place to another.
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
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Its inmates had gadded about during the summer in a very reckless way; they looked more sober after the first frost—more thoughtful—more anxious about something.
From The Puddleford Papers, Or Humors of the West by H. H. Riley