Antonyms for ran around

Grammar : Verb

Spell : ruhn

Phonetic Transcription : rʌn

Definition of ran around

Origin : the modern verb is a merger of two related Old English words, in both of which the first letters sometimes switched places. The first is intransitive rinnan, irnan "to run, flow, run together" (past tense ran, past participle runnen), cognate with (cf. Middle Dutch runnen, Old Saxon, Old High German, Gothic rinnan, German rinnen "to flow, run").
The second is Old English transitive weak verb ærnan, earnan "ride, run to, reach, gain by running" (probably a metathesis of *rennan), from Proto-Germanic *rannjanan, causative of the root *ren- "to run." This is cognate with Old Saxon renian, Old High German rennen, German rennen, Gothic rannjan.
Both are from PIE *ri-ne-a-, nasalized form of root *reie- "to flow, run" (see Rhine).
Of streams, etc., from c.1200; of machinery, from 1560s. Meaning "be in charge of" is first attested 1861, originally American English. Meaning "seek office in an election" is from 1826, American English. Phrase run for it "take flight" is attested from 1640s. Many figurative uses are from horseracing or hunting (e.g. to run (something) into the ground, 1836, American English).
To run across "meet" is attested from 1855, American English. To run short "exhaust one's supply" is from 1752; to run out of in the same sense is from 1713. To run around with "consort with" is from 1887. Run away "flee in the face of danger" is from late 14c. To run late is from 1954.

As in revel : verb take pleasure; celebrate
As in play the field : verb date more than one person
As in roister : verb revel
As in elude : verb avoid; escape
As in equivocate : verb avoid an issue
As in gad : verb roam about
As in hedge : verb avoid, dodge

Example sentences :

She ran around the house, and he heard a door open and shut.
Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr

Then Rathburn ran around to the front of the building and quietly opened the door.
Extract from : « The Coyote » by James Roberts

I laid it on the top of the book-shelves which ran around the room.
Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine

They walked in silence until they gained the path that ran around the reservoir.
Extract from : « Phyllis » by Dorothy Whitehill

He checked his forward rush, and ran around the twin boulders.
Extract from : « Beyond the Vanishing Point » by Raymond King Cummings

And then Folsom, with fear at his heart, ran around to the doorway to interpose.
Extract from : « Warrior Gap » by Charles King

A stone “kerb,” or banquette, ran around one portion of the wall.
Extract from : « The Quadroon » by Mayne Reid

As they ran around the beach, a faint shout reached them from the water.
Extract from : « The Huntress » by Hulbert Footner

When Joe rushed him he ran around the other side of the table.
Extract from : « The Huntress » by Hulbert Footner

They took seats on the balcony which ran around the "bear pit," as he called it.
Extract from : « A Spoil of Office » by Hamlin Garland

Synonyms for ran around

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