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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While running around with his little ones is a little more challenging, there are also many aspects that Brady finds easier this time around.
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Emma Aerin Becker, People.com, 11 Oct. 2024
Meanwhile, Hugh’s heroics to save a young girl who perhaps reminds him of his own dead daughter called to mind Jeff Goldblum running around with the flare to save John Hammond’s grandkids, admittedly with much better results.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 28 July 2024
About The Red Clay Strays Brandon Coleman, the charismatic lead singer, spent his youth running around with siblings and cousins on a family compound outside of Turnerville, just north of Mobile.
—Sid Evans, Southern Living, 3 Sep. 2024
There are Russian drones everywhere; people are running around with their eyes wide open.
—Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Aug. 2024
There's people who are just running around with T-shirts.
—Wired Staff, WIRED, 18 July 2024
While we were being kicked out, some of the Playboy Bunnies were cleaning up while Jagger’s running around with a Super 8, trailing us in the house.
—Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 17 July 2024
Our pups were chasing after the birdies and running around with us.
—Jean Chen Smith, Travel + Leisure, 26 June 2024
The high-school Goons ran around with some older guys: recent grads, dropouts, older brothers.
—Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 21 June 2024
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Emma Aerin Becker, People.com, 11 Oct. 2024
Meanwhile, Hugh’s heroics to save a young girl who perhaps reminds him of his own dead daughter called to mind Jeff Goldblum running around with the flare to save John Hammond’s grandkids, admittedly with much better results.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 28 July 2024
About The Red Clay Strays Brandon Coleman, the charismatic lead singer, spent his youth running around with siblings and cousins on a family compound outside of Turnerville, just north of Mobile.
—Sid Evans, Southern Living, 3 Sep. 2024
There are Russian drones everywhere; people are running around with their eyes wide open.
—Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Aug. 2024
There's people who are just running around with T-shirts.
—Wired Staff, WIRED, 18 July 2024
While we were being kicked out, some of the Playboy Bunnies were cleaning up while Jagger’s running around with a Super 8, trailing us in the house.
—Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 17 July 2024
Our pups were chasing after the birdies and running around with us.
—Jean Chen Smith, Travel + Leisure, 26 June 2024
The high-school Goons ran around with some older guys: recent grads, dropouts, older brothers.
—Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 21 June 2024
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