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running around with

running around with is the present participle and gerund of run around with.

Meaning of run around with

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.

Questions about running around with

What is running around with the present participle and gerund of?
Running around with is the present participle and gerund of run around with.

Words near running around with in the dictionary

  1. running and racing
  2. running and repeating
  3. running around
  4. running around after
  5. running around like a chicken with its head cut off
  6. running around with
  7. running around with one's hair on fire
  8. running at
  9. running at the mouth
  10. running away
  11. running away from

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Adapted from Wiktionary: running around with (page history and authors); run around with (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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