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vb. (en-simple pastrun about)
Usage examples of "ran about".
The dogs that ran about his farms could at a pinch be mustered into a pack for hunting, at which his stablemen served as whippers-in.
The average ran about three months: the Group of Five had tended to keep its undetectable army on a short leash.
Smarting under the pain of their wounds, and terrified by the shouting of the assailants, they were no longer governable, but without guidance or control ran about in all directions, until at length, impelled by rage and fear, they rushed into a part of the wood not occupied by the Tartars.
Huge buildings stood out from a flat, desolate landscape, and a massive version of the rail system on which the Southerners were riding ran about a kilometer from one huge building to the site itself.
It was not easy, since a good education seemed to be the last thing on the minds of the kids who ran about unsupervised on the station.
The girl stood in the middle of the courtyard while the others ran about.
During the time that Kiche was tied by the stick, he ran about over all the camp, inquiring, investigating, learning.
There men ran about the decks of tall, square ships in the harbor, and on one ship, a familiar ship, fearful men waited.
It ran about here, there, and everywhere, it clambered up one of the bulwarks of the raft, it leaped upon the sack of provisions, and then finally descended lightly, fell like a football, and landed on our powder barrel.
The rippling column swung into the level - carts behind it divided left and right, ran about like an ant-hill, and .