run around

verb

1. (often foll by with) to associate habitually (with)

2. to behave in a fickle or promiscuous manner

noun

1. informal,  deceitful or evasive treatment of a person (esp in the phrase give or get the run-around )

2. printing an arrangement of printed matter in which the column width is narrowed to accommodate an illustration

Idioms and Phrases

Go about hurriedly here and there, as in I have been running around all day so I want to stay home tonight and relax . [Early 1900s]

Also, run around with . Associate or consort with socially, as in At college she began to run around with a very liberal group . [Late 1800s]

Be sexually unfaithful, as in She caught him running around just once too often and finally sued for divorce . [Early 1900s]

Example Sentences

He ran around the bases with his head down so he wouldn’t trip over the bases and make his bad knee even worse.

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Much subsequent sociology has run around this Weberian circuit, powered by new techniques such as quantitative modeling and evolutionary biology.

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But at the same time, I wouldn’t want screaming toddlers next door, or relentlessly running around upstairs when I’m 80.

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Some of the fighters were wearing RSF style uniforms, one of which has a circular patch with a black line running around the circumference - consistent with the paramilitary's insignia.

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It has 39 rooms, flat space for kids to run around, cliff-top views, a restaurant, gift shop, gas station and a snack bar that’s been closed since the highway has been blocked.

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