What is the word for running around?

What is another word for running around?

135 synonyms found

Pronunciation:

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[ ɹˈʌnɪŋ ɐɹˈa͡ʊnd], [ ɹˈʌnɪŋ ɐɹˈa‍ʊnd], [ ɹ_ˈʌ_n_ɪ_ŋ ɐ_ɹ_ˈaʊ_n_d]

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  • v.

    • elude (verb) • • gad (verb) • hedge (verb) • play the field (verb) • revel (verb) • roister (verb)

indecisive or evasive treatment, especially in response to a request: Ask for a raise and he'll give you the runaround.

Printing. an arrangement of type in which several lines are set in narrower measure than the others in a column to accommodate an illustration, initial, or the like.

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Origin of runaround

1870–75, Americanism; noun use of verb phrase run around

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How to use runaround in a sentence

  • They’d spoken personally before, and she was tired of getting the runaround.

  • They called it the National Runaround Act and mocked the eagle as the Soviet Duck.

  • The runaround concluded with King and Brando exchanging lip kisses.

  • Pembroke watched him hurry off to service a car with a sense of having been given the runaround.

  • His reply to that, according to your exhibits, was that they would simply give him the same runaround again.

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British Dictionary definitions for runaround


verb (intr, adverb) informal

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

to behave in a fickle or promiscuous manner

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

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

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Idioms and Phrases with runaround (1 of 2)

Other Idioms and Phrases with runaround (2 of 2)


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]

The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

(American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team

the continuous period of time during which something (a machine or a factory) operates or continues in operation

unrestricted freedom to use

the production achieved during a continuous period of operation (of a machine or factory etc.)

a race between candidates for elective office

a row of unravelled stitches

the pouring forth of a fluid

an unbroken chronological sequence

move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time

stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope

perform as expected when applied

change or be different within limits

run, stand, or compete for an office or a position

cause to emit recorded audio or video

move about freely and without restraint, or act as if running around in an uncontrolled way

have a tendency or disposition to do or be something

be operating, running or functioning

change from one state to another

carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine

pass over, across, or through

cause something to pass or lead somewhere

deal in illegally, such as arms or liquor

cause an animal to move fast

extend or continue for a certain period of time

set animals loose to graze

travel rapidly, by any (unspecified) means

pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)

progress by being changed

reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating

come unraveled or undone as if by snagging

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What is the meaning of running around?

to be very busy doing a lot of different things: I'm exhausted - I've been running around all morning.

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