"run around after" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-run around after.ogg [Australia] Forms: runs around after [present, singular, third-person], running around after [participle, present], ran around after [past], run around after [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|run<,,ran,run> around after}} run around after (third-person singular simple present runs around after, present participle running around after, simple past ran around after, past participle run around after)
  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To spend a lot of time doing things for another person or group of people. Often used when that person could reasonably do the things for themselves. Tags: idiomatic, transitive

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for run around after meaning in English (1.8kB)

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