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Answer for the clue "Impertinence shown by terrible old ruler - time to run around ", 9 letters:
gallivant

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WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
v. wander aimlessly in search of pleasure [syn: gad , jazz around ]

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
verb EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Is that what you tell your patients, to go dancing and gallivanting around just after breaking a hip? ▪ Would you have her dragged up by a succession of au pairs and housekeepers while you went gallivanting all over the world?

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gallivant \Gal"li*vant\, v. i. [From Gallant .] To play the beau; to wait upon the ladies; also, to roam about for pleasure without any definite plan. [Slang] --Dickens.

Usage examples of gallivant.

Inwardly he was scolding himself fiercely, even as Wexler and Shelby gallivanted in the surf.

Odclay the jester would gather the names up, gallivanting and japing as he did so, and then the king with great ceremony read each of the names accompanied by much cheering.