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run about

run about verb: used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see run, about.

Verb

run about (third-person singular simple present runs about, present participle running about, simple past ran about, past participle run about)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see run, about.
    Synonyms:
    run around
  2. (idiomatic, intransitive) To be very busy doing many different things.
    • I've been running about all week getting everything ready for the holidays.

run about meaning in Tamil and Odia

run about in Tamil

ஓட்டம்

run about in Odia

to run about
ଡେଇଁବା ḍeĩbā

Synonyms of run about

Forms of run about

third-person singular presentruns about
present participlerunning about
pastran about
past participlerun about

Words formed from run about

Questions about run about

What does run about mean?
Run about means used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see run, about.
What is run about in Tamil?
Run about in Tamil is ஓட்டம். See Run about meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is run about?
Run about is a verb.
What is the past tense of run about?
The past tense of run about is ran about.

Words near run about in the dictionary

  1. run a muck
  2. run a red light
  3. run a risk
  4. run a temperature
  5. run a train
  6. run about
  7. run about with
  8. run across
  9. run adrift
  10. run afoul
  11. run afoul of

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Adapted from Wiktionary: run about (page history and authors); run about (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ଡେଇଁବା (Odia) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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