单词 | to run around |
释义 | > as lemmasto run around to run around 1. intransitive. To go about hurriedly; to go from one place or person to another (frequently with the implication of aimlessness or ineffectualness).to run around in circles: see circle n. 1c. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > move swiftly in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > move swiftly and violently > rush around scour1297 startlec1300 reelc1400 rammisha1540 gad1552 ramp1599 fling1620 to run rounda1623 rampage1791 to run around1822 to rip and tear1846 hella1864 running around like a chicken with its head cut off (also like a chicken with no head)1887 to haul ass1918 tear-arse1942 1822 Pilgrim 8 June 71 They are..spending their time in running around to try to get people to give away their money. 1889 A. M. Douglas Osborne of Arrochar xxvii. 368 I have been running around all the afternoon doing errands. 1948 Z. N. Hurston Let. 30 Oct. in Life in Lett. (2002) 572 Various simple people have been running around trying to make themselves heard by officialdom, but they have no force. 1997 Dance & Arts Sept. 22/2 That's when we were running around doing block parties. Block parties was ripe up in Harlem. 2005 A. Ohlin Missing Person (2006) vii. 104 They run around thinking they're righteous because they spike trees. 2. intransitive. colloquial. a. To associate or consort with (a person); esp. to have or pursue a romantic relationship with. Similarly with together. Also without construction: to be unfaithful; to have or seek a succession of casual relationships. ΚΠ 1855 ‘F. Folio’ Bk. for Times: Lucy Boston xx. 260 You mean to twit me of running around with him, do you? I'll go again if I've a mind to. 1879 J. M. Drinkwater Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline vii. 93 Mr. Towne did not do much last winter..beside run around with Naughty Nan. 1891 J. H. Pearce Esther Pentreath iii. v. 194 The speaker, a big awkward slattern, had been long trying hard..to get Casy to ‘run around’ with her. 1904 Trenton (New Jersey) Times 1 June 5/2 I haven't seen you since the old days, when we used to run around together. 1925 F. S. Fitzgerald Great Gatsby vi. 125 I may be old-fashioned in my ideas, but women run around too much these days to suit me. 1940 F. Lockridge & R. Lockridge Norths meet Murder viii. 129 You could tell me about it, and why you didn't like Brent, if it wasn't because he was running around with your wife. 1969 in H. Halpert & G. M. Story Christmas Mumming in Newfoundland 213 People know who the uncovered janney ‘runs around with’ (i.e., his friends). 1981 Gossip (Holiday Special) 11/3 In my heart, I know he's not runnin' around, but I also know it doesn't matter if he is. 2002 S. L. Carter Emperor Ocean Park 301 You don't know for sure she is running around with her boss. You don't know for sure if she has had any extramarital affair. b. To cheat on (a romantic partner). ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > unchaste [verb (transitive)] > be unfaithful to two-time1924 to cheat on1934 to run around1951 1951 J. Barr Derricks (1957) 94 What if she starts running around on you? 1952 W. J. Goode & P. K. Hatt Methods in Social Res. 205 I never ran around on him until after the divorce. 1988 R. Langford Don't take your Love to Town xiii. 144 Lance was often out drinking but I wasn't aware he was running around on me again till Philomena Gundy told me. 2004 L. Crum Forged x. 69 But they've been living together for years and from what I can tell, he always ran around on her. Why kill him now? 3. intransitive. Of an idea, emotion, etc.: to be persistently present or in circulation. ΚΠ 1873 Ladies' Repository Nov. 351/2 Such thoughts were running around in my head for many days. 1920 A. S. Roche Uneasy Street x. 122 ‘There is some absurd mistake running around in your head, Miss Holben, and—’ ‘Oh, well, let it run there.’ 1996 G. D. Comstock Unrepentant, Self-affirming, Practicing v. 157 There was a lot of homophobia running around, but at least we all lived to tell the tale. 2001 B. Dodds Your Grieving Child xcix. 128 There are so many emotions—so many feelings—running around inside us. < as lemmas |
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