run around with

phrasal verb

ran around with; run around with; running around with; runs around with
informal + disapproving
: to spend a lot of time with (someone)
He runs around with younger women.

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Ronnie was a year behind Carl at Nashville’s Central High School in 1961, but the two ran around with the same crowd and had a lot in common. Alanna Nash, Variety, 4 Mar. 2025 Jakey proves to be very active for a senior dog, running around with his toy as if age was just a number. Mark Joseph, Newsweek, 24 Feb. 2025 She’s spent much of her 24 years here, running around with her two older sisters and working the shop with her parents. Sierra Lopez, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2025 Kids ran around with new toys, and families looked relieved to be outside in the sun, but there weren’t many people out and about. Araceli Cruz, Rolling Stone, 4 Feb. 2025 One scene, shows another donkey picking up a small goat and running around with it in their mouth, before being told off. Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025 Some in the private aircraft industry are running around with their hair on fire lamenting how Trump’s 25 percent tariff proposal will spell the end of the U.S. aerospace industry. Brian Foley, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025 Still, having somebody in a character mask run around with a big knife is damn lazy as far as pop-culture subversions go. Dennis Harvey, Variety, 23 Dec. 2024 That was crazy, running around with this rapper and a really small crew. Marley Marius, Vogue, 24 Dec. 2024

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“Run around with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/run%20around%20with. Accessed 20 Mar. 2025.

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