Sekirov Dictionary

run around

verb 5
run-around noun 1
forms 5

verb5

To go from place to place.
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To be very busy doing many different things.
- I don't want to run around all week getting everything ready for the holidays.
(slang) To cheat; to be unfaithful to a romantic partner.
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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. — 2006
To move from one end of the consist to the other, so as to pull the train in the opposite direction.

run-around noun1

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Synonym of runabout.
- We have big people-carrier, and also a little run-around for popping to the shops.

forms

ran around · running around · runs around · run arounds · run-arounds

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