run around
— phrasal verb with run /rʌn/ verb (present participle running, past tense ran, past participle run)Definition
C2 to be very busy doing a lot of different things: I'm exhausted - I've been running around all morning.Busy and activeHurrying and doing things quickly
(Definition of run around from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- a head of steam idiom
- a hive of activity/industry idiom
- be (as) busy as a bee idiom
- be all go idiom
- be at work idiom
- be back in harness idiom
- burst noun (INCREASE)
- bustle noun (ACTIVITY)
- bustling adjective
- busy adjective (DOING THINGS)
- circus noun (ATTENTION)
- engaged adjective (INVOLVED/BUSY)
- frenetic adjective
- hum verb
- hustle noun
- overdrive noun
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- rough and tumble idiom
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