Synonyms for ran around
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : ruhn |
| Phonetic Transcription : rʌn |
Top 10 synonyms for ran around Other synonyms for the word ran around
- be beyond someone
- be noncommittal
- beat around the bush
- beg the question
- bilk
- blow hot and cold
- blow off steam
- carouse
- carry on
- cavil
- circumvent
- cloud the issue
- con
- cop a plea
- cop out
- cover up
- crow
- cruise
- cut loose
- delight
- ditch
- double
- double-talk
- duck
- elude
- enjoy
- equivocate
- escape
- eschew
- falsify
- fence
- fib
- flip-flop
- flirt
- fly
- fool around
- frolic
- fudge
- gallivant
- get around
- get away from
- give run around
- give the run around
- give the runaround
- give the slip
- give wide berth to
- gloat
- go on a spree
- hedge
- hem and haw
- hit the road
- hit the trail
- indulge
- jaunt
- jive
- kick over the traces
- kick up heels
- kick up one's heels
- kid around
- knock about
- knock around
- lap up
- lark
- let go
- let loose
- lie
- live it up
- luxuriate
- make merry
- make whoopee
- maunder
- mince words
- mooch
- not touch
- paint the town
- paint the town red
- palter
- parry
- pass the buck
- pass up
- philander
- play around
- prevaricate
- pussyfoot
- puzzle
- quibble
- ramble
- range
- rejoice
- relish
- riot
- roister
- roll
- rollick
- rove
- run around
- savor
- shilly-shally
- shirk
- shuck
- shuffle
- shun
- shy
- sidestep
- sit on the fence
- sow one's oats
- stall
- stay shy of
- steer clear of
- step out
- stonewall
- stray
- stump
- tell white lie
- temporize
- tergiversate
- tergiverse
- thrive
- thwart
- traipse
- waffle
- wallow
- wander
- weasel
- whoop it up
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for ran around
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