Run around

noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of runaround. alt-of, alternative

    "Natrum sulp. is my specific for inflammations of the matrix of the nails or " run arounds.""

  2. 2
    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see run, around.

    "We let the dog off the lead so it could have a run around."

Verb
  1. 1
    To be very busy doing many different things. idiomatic, intransitive

    "I don't want to run around all week getting everything ready for the holidays."

  2. 2
    play boisterously wordnet
  3. 3
    To go from place to place. idiomatic, intransitive

    "“A very welcome, kind, useful present, that means to the parish. By the way, Hopkins, let this go no further. We don't want the tale running round that a rich person has arrived. Churchill, my dear fellow, we have such greedy sharks, and wolves in lamb's clothing.[…]”"

  4. 4
    To move from one end of the consist to the other, so as to pull the train in the opposite direction.
  5. 5
    To cheat; to be unfaithful to a romantic partner. slang
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  1. 6
    To change one's position on the court to hit a forehand rather than a backhand, or vice versa.

    "He'd gotten into tremendous shape so that he could run around his backhand and avoid hitting it altogether. He even tried a left-handed forehand. That was how desperate he was."

  2. 7
    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see run, around.

    "The children ran around in the playground."

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