run around

British  

verb

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

2. to behave in a fickle or promiscuous manner

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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

run around Idioms  

1. 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]

2. 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]

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

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Example Sentences

It’s not like there are a lot of potential crushes running around right under my nose.

From Literature

Flint Assembly plant currently runs around the clock on three shifts, five days a week.

From The Wall Street Journal

“It’s not like we’re running around with our hands out because we don’t need the money,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal

For Gen, the settled beavers and transformation of habitat more than make up for the run around given by the troublesome two.

From BBC

She described how a child could go from "being perfectly healthy, happy, running around, to facing a critical situation within a matter of hours".

From BBC

Related Words

• baffle
• confound
• dodge
• evade
• flee
• foil
• frustrate
• outrun
• outwit
• puzzle
• shun
• stall
• stonewall
• thwart