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run around after

run around after verb: 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.

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) 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.

Forms of run around after

third-person singular presentruns around after
present participlerunning around after
pastran around after
past participlerun around after

Questions about run around after

What does run around after mean?
Run around after means 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.
What part of speech is run around after?
Run around after is a verb.
What is the past tense of run around after?
The past tense of run around after is ran around after.

Words near run around after in the dictionary

  1. run and gun
  2. run and gunned
  3. run and repeat
  4. run and repeated
  5. run around
  6. run around after
  7. run around in circles
  8. run around like a chicken with its head cut off
  9. run around with
  10. run around with one's hair on fire
  11. run arounds

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