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run around

verb

  1. often foll by with to associate habitually (with)
  2. to behave in a fickle or promiscuous manner
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. informal.
    deceitful or evasive treatment of a person (esp in the phrase give or get the run-around )
  2. printing an arrangement of printed matter in which the column width is narrowed to accommodate an illustration
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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The joke running around the bubble in D.C. on Easter was that Musk had replaced all the Easter Eggs in the White House Easter Egg hunt with Teslas because they are cheaper.

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"I was running around... I could not believe it, I made it to Juilliard," he said.

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Since Bezos’ main competitor in the world’s richest man pageant is running around bragging about his plan to seed more wombs, these testimonials emphasize the nobility in the Blue Origin founder’s space flight sponsorship.

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“My hope is that we find a way to figure this out prior to it being a fatal complication that you’re running around trying to save someone’s life,” he said.

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“Fought down, stayed down, because he’s a dog. Man, is he out here running around like a dog, just off the leash.”

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