run-around
run-around noun: synonym of runabout. Also the alternative form of runaround.
Noun
run-around (plural run-arounds)
- Synonym of runabout.
- We have big people-carrier, and also a little run-around for popping to the shops.
- The car had captured his attention even then, as It had seemed so out of place in a street full of Peugeots, and Renaults, and six-seater Fiat run-arounds.2010, Mario Reading -, The Mayan Codex, →ISBN
- Synonyms:
- runabout
Also used as
run-around is also the alternative form of runaround.
Examples of run-around in a sentence
- She followed him to his fancy car, incongruous between the battered, old run-arounds on either side, and made another inarticulate noise as he beeped it open.2014, Cathy Williams, A Tempestuous Temptation, →ISBN:
- We got a shockingly low price for it and bought a small tin-can run-around.2016, Liz Nugent, Lying In Wait, →ISBN, page 134:
Synonyms of run-around
Forms of run-around
| plural | run-arounds |
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Origin of run-around
Deverbal from run around.
Questions about run-around
- What does run-around mean?
- Run-around means synonym of runabout.
- How do you use run-around in a sentence?
- She followed him to his fancy car, incongruous between the battered, old run-arounds on either side, and made another inarticulate noise as he beeped it open.
- What part of speech is run-around?
- Run-around is a noun.
- What is the plural of run-around?
- The plural of run-around is run-arounds.
Words near run-around in the dictionary
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