"run around with one's hair on fire" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: runs around with one's hair on fire [present, singular, third-person], running around with one's hair on fire [participle, present], ran around with one's hair on fire [past], run around with one's hair on fire [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|run<,,ran,run> around with one's hair on fire}} run around with one's hair on fire (third-person singular simple present runs around with one's hair on fire, present participle running around with one's hair on fire, simple past ran around with one's hair on fire, past participle run around with one's hair on fire)
  1. Alternative form of set one's hair on fire Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: set one's hair on fire
    Sense id: en-run_around_with_one's_hair_on_fire-en-verb-K9ndBRZn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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