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run around

1. to run here and there. Why are you running around? Sit down and be quiet. Please stop running around. You are making me nervous.

2. to go here and there having meetings or doing errands. I've been running around all day, shopping for the party tonight. I am so tired of running around, carting children to various places.

See also: around, run

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He placed the hat upon the glass floor, made a pass with his hand, and then removed the hat, displaying a little white piglet no bigger than a mouse, which began to run around here and there and to grunt and squeal in a tiny, shrill voice. Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context He checked it and attempted to haul in, but found that the fish had run around a coral branch. South Sea Tales by London, Jack View in context They were coated solidly with ice, and the two men kept them on the run around the fire, sweating and thawing, so close that they were singed by the flames. The Call of the Wild by London, Jack View in context			rummage around rummage through rumor has it that rump session rumple up rumpy-pumpy run run a comb through run a fever run a fever and run a temperature run a make on run a mile run a red light run a risk run a tab run a tight ship run across run afoul of run after run against run aground run along run amok run an errand run and run run around run around after run around like a blue-arsed fly run around like a chicken with its head cut off and run in circles run around with run as run at run away run away with run back run back over run back to run before can walk run behind run between run by run circles around run counter to run deep run down run down some lines run down to run dry run eye over run feet off run fingers through hair			run after Run After Catch run after someone or something Run After Tax Evaders run against run against run against run against run against run against someone or something run against the grain Run Aggressive run aground run aground Run Ahead run along run along run along run along run along Run amok Run amuck Run amuck Run amuck Run amuck run an errand Run and hit Run and hit run and run Run and shoot run around run around after run around in circles run around like a blue-arsed fly run around like a chicken with its head cut off and run in circles run around with Run As Run As Run as Normal User run at run at run at a good clip run at cross purposes run at cross-purposes run at full blast Run At Risk run away run away run away run away run away run away with run away with run away with run away with run away with run back run back over run back to Run Balanced run bases

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