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runs around like a chicken with its head cut off

runs around like a chicken with its head cut off is the third-person singular simple present indicative of run around like a chicken with its head cut off.

Meaning of run around like a chicken with its head cut off

Verb

run around like a chicken with its head cut off (third-person singular simple present runs around like a chicken with its head cut off, present participle running around like a chicken with its head cut off, simple past ran around like a chicken with its head cut off, past participle run around like a chicken with its head cut off)

  1. (idiomatic) To act in a haphazard or aimless way; to act frantically or without control.
    • The president doesn't know what to do. He's running around like a chicken with its head cut off.

Questions about runs around like a chicken with its head cut off

What is runs around like a chicken with its head cut off the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Runs around like a chicken with its head cut off is the third-person singular simple present indicative of run around like a chicken with its head cut off.

Words near runs around like a chicken with its head cut off in the dictionary

  1. runs an errand
  2. runs and guns
  3. runs and repeats
  4. runs around
  5. runs around after
  6. runs around like a chicken with its head cut off
  7. runs around with
  8. runs around with one's hair on fire
  9. runs at
  10. runs at the mouth
  11. runs away

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