"run about" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "runs about",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "running about",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ran about",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "run about",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "run<,,ran,run> about"
      },
      "expansion": "run about (third-person singular simple present runs about, present participle running about, simple past ran about, past participle run about)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "55 45",
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "75 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (about)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "word": "runabout"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see run, about."
      ],
      "id": "en-run_about-en-verb-EIlMOHCO",
      "links": [
        [
          "run",
          "run#English"
        ],
        [
          "about",
          "about#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "word": "run around"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I've been running about all week getting everything ready for the holidays.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be very busy doing many different things."
      ],
      "id": "en-run_about-en-verb-UDOFhx~X",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, intransitive) To be very busy doing many different things."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to be very busy doing many things",
          "word": "touhuta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to be very busy doing many things",
          "word": "touhuilla"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "En-au-run about.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3e/En-au-run_about.ogg/En-au-run_about.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3e/En-au-run_about.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "run about"
}

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  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs with particle (about)",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "runabout"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "runs about",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "running about",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ran about",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "run about",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "run<,,ran,run> about"
      },
      "expansion": "run about (third-person singular simple present runs about, present participle running about, simple past ran about, past participle run about)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see run, about."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "run",
          "run#English"
        ],
        [
          "about",
          "about#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English idioms",
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I've been running about all week getting everything ready for the holidays.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be very busy doing many different things."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, intransitive) To be very busy doing many different things."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "En-au-run about.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3e/En-au-run_about.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "run around"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to be very busy doing many things",
      "word": "touhuta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to be very busy doing many things",
      "word": "touhuilla"
    }
  ],
  "word": "run about"
}