phrasal verb · informal
run about
/rʌn əˈbaʊt/run a·BOUT
speaking
to move around a place a lot; to be busy doing many small tasks or errands
Examples
“I've been running about all morning getting ready for the party.”
“The kids were running about the playground.”
“She spends her afternoons running about doing errands.”
Band 8 sentence
“I spent the whole morning running about town arranging interviews and collecting documents.”
Collocations
- run about the city / run about doing errands
Word family
run about / ran about / running about verb
Common mistakes
I ran around errands all morning.→I ran about doing errands all morning.
I am running about the meeting.→I am running about before the meeting.
Say it for a higher band
5be busy→6run around→7+run about
Synonyms
run around
be busy
Easily confused
be busy
“I'm too busy to meet you this afternoon.”
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