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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

run about en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see run, about.
  2. (idiomatic, intransitive) To be very busy doing many different things.
    • I've been running about all week getting everything ready for the holidays.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
ran about Tense=Past lexicographic
run about Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
running about Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
runs about Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Deriveds

runabout

Synonyms

run around

Translations (2)

fi touhuilla (to be very busy doing many things) · fi touhuta (to be very busy doing many things)