run around

English - Turkish

Definition of run around in English Turkish dictionary: birlikte gezmek; dolama; takılmak; baştan savma; atlatma; başından savma
run around with: birlikte dolaşmak
run around like a chicken with its head cut off: deli dana gibi dolanmak
run around in circles: boşa uğraşmak
give the run-around: (eşini) boynuzlamak
runaround: dolama
run circles around s.o: k. dili, bak. run rings around s.o
run rings around: (deyim) Birinin kolayca üstesinden gelmek, alt etmek
give smb. the run around: başından savmak
give smb. the run around: kaçamak cevaplarla atlatmak
run rings around s.o: {k} birini cebinden çıkarmak, birine taş çıkarmak; birini gölgede bırakmak, birinin pabucunu dama atmak

English - English

Definition of run around in English English dictionary: To be very busy doing many different things
I don't want to run around all week getting everything ready for the holidays.; to move from one end of the consist to the other, so as to pull the train in the opposite direction; Type that wraps around a picture or art; play boisterously; "The children frolicked in the garden"; "the gamboling lambs in the meadows"; "The toddlers romped in the playroom"; Type that is made to fit around a picture of art; In composition, the term describing a type area set in measures that are adjusted to fit around a picture or another element of the design; If you run around, you go to a lot of places and do a lot of things, often in a rushed or disorganized way. No one noticed we had been running around emptying bins and cleaning up I spend all day running around after the family I will not have you running around the countryside without my authority; In page composition, to position text so that it flows around an illustration or other display
run around after: To spend a lot of time doing things for another person or group of people. Often used when that person could reasonably do the things for themselves
I have spent all morning running around after the kids.
run around like a chicken with its head cut off: To act in a haphazard or aimless way; frantically or without control
The president doesn't know what to do. He's running around like a headless chicken.
run around with: To spend a lot of time with a person or group of people. Often used to talk about a person's group of friends that one does not like much
I'm not happy about the friends my son is running around with at the moment.
run circles around: To outperform by a great margin
You may think you're a fast typist, but he'll run circles around you any day!.
run rings around: To demonstrate superiority, or greater skill than another person, team or group of people
Liverpool ran rings around Ipswich in a 5-0 victory on Saturday.
runaround: A section of type that is narrower than that of the column it is part of; typically next to an illustration
run rings around: (deyim) Outclass or outwit (someone) easily
run rings around a person: surpass someone; be better
runaround: A maneuver in which the engine is uncoupled from the train, run around the train on another track, and coupled to the other end of the train
runaround: An evasive explanation in the form of multiple excuses
runaround: the ability within a program to run text around a graphic image within a document, without the need to adjust each line manually
runaround: {i} evasive act, stalling tactic
runaround: If someone gives you the runaround, they deliberately do not give you all the information or help that you want, and send you to another person or place to get it. to deliberately avoid giving someone a definite answer, especially when they are asking you to do something
runaround: Text flowing around a box or picture
runaround: A whitlow running around the finger nail, but not affecting the bone
runaround: Text that is set to fit around the edges of a picture or other graphic

run around

Hyphenation

run a·round

Turkish pronunciation

rʌn ıraun

Synonyms

run about

Pronunciation

/ˈrən ərˈoun/ /ˈrʌn ɜrˈaʊn/

Etymology

[ 'r&n ] (verb.) before 12th century. Middle English ronnen, alteration of rinnen, v.i. & of rennen, v.t., from Old Norse renna; akin to Old High German rinnan, v.i., to run, Sanskrit rinAti he causes to flow, and probably to Latin rivus stream.