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run around

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run around
vb (intr, adverb) Informal
1. (often foll by with) to associate habitually (with)
2. to behave in a fickle or promiscuous manner
n run-around
1. Informal deceitful or evasive treatment of a person (esp in the phrase give or get the run-around)
2. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) Printing an arrangement of printed matter in which the column width is narrowed to accommodate an illustration
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Verb1.run around - play boisterously; "The children frolicked in the garden"; "the gamboling lambs in the meadows"; "The toddlers romped in the playroom"
frisk, frolic, gambol, lark, lark about, rollick, romp, skylark, cavort, disport, sport
play - be at play; be engaged in playful activity; amuse oneself in a way characteristic of children; "The kids were playing outside all day"; "I used to play with trucks as a little girl"


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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.
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He checked it and attempted to haul in, but found that the fish had run around a coral branch.
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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.
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