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runs about

runs about is the third-person singular simple present indicative of run about.

Meaning of 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.

Questions about runs about

What is runs about the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Runs about is the third-person singular simple present indicative of run about.

Words near runs about in the dictionary

  1. runs a mile
  2. runs a muck
  3. runs a risk
  4. runs a temperature
  5. runs a train
  6. runs about
  7. runs about with
  8. runs across
  9. runs adrift
  10. runs afoul of
  11. runs after

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Adapted from Wiktionary: runs about (page history and authors); run about (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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