Antonyms for run around

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : ruhn

Phonetic Transcription : rʌn

Definition of run 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 avoidance : noun eluding; preventing
As in run-around : noun avoidance
As in cheat : noun trick
As in tergiversation : noun equivocation
As in victimization : noun cheat
As in equivocation : noun avoidance of an issue
As in evasion : noun escape, avoidance
As in finesse : noun know-how, maneuver
As in guile : noun slyness, cleverness
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 :

It will then run around the joint when the metal is raised to sufficient heat.
Extract from : « Boys' Book of Model Boats » by Raymond Francis Yates

Do you mean to tell me that that baby has been allowed to run around this town alone?
Extract from : « Rosemary » by Josephine Lawrence

If I started to run around with you, I'd be exhausted in an hour.
Extract from : « The Winning Clue » by James Hay, Jr.

Probabilities are that they 'll run around ten thousand for the bunch.
Extract from : « The Cross-Cut » by Courtney Ryley Cooper

But, Tode, won't you run around to Martyn's and order the carriage for us?
Extract from : « Three People » by Pansy

Presently a flush of color will run around the horizon, and it will be dawn.
Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 » by Various

"I'm going to run around and talk to Nora while you read it," he said.
Extract from : « Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922 » by Lucy Maud Montgomery

By the way, sir,” I said, “do you ever run around to Santiago?
Extract from : « Swept Out to Sea » by W. Bertram Foster

There wasn't time to run around to the place where the bank was low.
Extract from : « Mother West Wind "How" Stories » by Thornton W. Burgess

So she wheeled and started off again, as if to run around the barrel once more.
Extract from : « The Tale of Miss Kitty Cat » by Arthur Scott Bailey

Synonyms for run around

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