Antonyms for run around


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : ruhn
Phonetic Transcription : rʌn


Definition of run around

Origin :
  • the modern verb is a merger of two related Old English words, in both of which the first letters sometimes switched places. The first is intransitive rinnan, irnan "to run, flow, run together" (past tense ran, past participle runnen), cognate with (cf. Middle Dutch runnen, Old Saxon, Old High German, Gothic rinnan, German rinnen "to flow, run").
  • The second is Old English transitive weak verb ærnan, earnan "ride, run to, reach, gain by running" (probably a metathesis of *rennan), from Proto-Germanic *rannjanan, causative of the root *ren- "to run." This is cognate with Old Saxon renian, Old High German rennen, German rennen, Gothic rannjan.
  • Both are from PIE *ri-ne-a-, nasalized form of root *reie- "to flow, run" (see Rhine).
  • Of streams, etc., from c.1200; of machinery, from 1560s. Meaning "be in charge of" is first attested 1861, originally American English. Meaning "seek office in an election" is from 1826, American English. Phrase run for it "take flight" is attested from 1640s. Many figurative uses are from horseracing or hunting (e.g. to run (something) into the ground, 1836, American English).
  • To run across "meet" is attested from 1855, American English. To run short "exhaust one's supply" is from 1752; to run out of in the same sense is from 1713. To run around with "consort with" is from 1887. Run away "flee in the face of danger" is from late 14c. To run late is from 1954.
  • As in avoidance : noun eluding; preventing
  • As in run-around : noun avoidance
  • As in cheat : noun trick
  • As in tergiversation : noun equivocation
  • As in victimization : noun cheat
  • As in equivocation : noun avoidance of an issue
  • As in evasion : noun escape, avoidance
  • As in finesse : noun know-how, maneuver
  • As in guile : noun slyness, cleverness
  • As in revel : verb take pleasure; celebrate
  • As in play the field : verb date more than one person
  • As in roister : verb revel
  • As in elude : verb avoid; escape
  • As in equivocate : verb avoid an issue
  • As in gad : verb roam about
  • As in hedge : verb avoid, dodge
Example sentences :
  • It will then run around the joint when the metal is raised to sufficient heat.
  • Extract from : « Boys' Book of Model Boats » by Raymond Francis Yates
  • Do you mean to tell me that that baby has been allowed to run around this town alone?
  • Extract from : « Rosemary » by Josephine Lawrence
  • If I started to run around with you, I'd be exhausted in an hour.
  • Extract from : « The Winning Clue » by James Hay, Jr.
  • Probabilities are that they 'll run around ten thousand for the bunch.
  • Extract from : « The Cross-Cut » by Courtney Ryley Cooper
  • But, Tode, won't you run around to Martyn's and order the carriage for us?
  • Extract from : « Three People » by Pansy
  • Presently a flush of color will run around the horizon, and it will be dawn.
  • Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 » by Various
  • "I'm going to run around and talk to Nora while you read it," he said.
  • Extract from : « Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922 » by Lucy Maud Montgomery
  • By the way, sir,” I said, “do you ever run around to Santiago?
  • Extract from : « Swept Out to Sea » by W. Bertram Foster
  • There wasn't time to run around to the place where the bank was low.
  • Extract from : « Mother West Wind "How" Stories » by Thornton W. Burgess
  • So she wheeled and started off again, as if to run around the barrel once more.
  • Extract from : « The Tale of Miss Kitty Cat » by Arthur Scott Bailey

Synonyms for run around

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