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run around with

run around with verb: to spend a lot of time with a person or group of people. Often implies disapproval on the part of the speaker.

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To spend a lot of time with a person or group of people. Often implies disapproval on the part of the speaker.
    • I'm not happy about the friends my son is running around with at the moment.

Forms of run around with

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

Questions about run around with

What does run around with mean?
Run around with means to spend a lot of time with a person or group of people. Often implies disapproval on the part of the speaker.
What part of speech is run around with?
Run around with is a verb.
What is the past tense of run around with?
The past tense of run around with is ran around with.

Words near run around with in the dictionary

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

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