run about
See also: runabout
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Verb
editrun about (third-person singular simple present runs about, present participle running about, simple past ran about, past participle run about)
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see run, about.
- (idiomatic, intransitive) To be very busy doing many different things.
- I've been running about all week getting everything ready for the holidays.