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See definition of run around on Dictionary.com
  • as inelude
  • as inequivocate
  • as ingad
  • as inhedge
  • as inplay the field
  • as inrevel
  • as inroister

synonyms for run around

  • baffle
  • confound
  • dodge
  • evade
  • flee
  • foil
  • frustrate
  • outrun
  • outwit
  • puzzle
  • shun
  • stall
  • stonewall
  • thwart
  • bilk
  • circumvent
  • ditch
  • double
  • duck
  • eschew
  • fly
  • shirk
  • shuck
  • shy
  • stump
  • be beyond someone
  • beat around the bush
  • cop out
  • get around
  • get away from
  • give the runaround
  • give the slip
  • give wide berth to
  • hem and haw
  • not touch
  • pass the buck
  • pass up
  • stay shy of
  • steer clear of
On this page you'll find 255 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to run around, such as: baffle, confound, dodge, evade, flee, and foil.

antonyms for run around

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  • abet
  • aid
  • assist
  • clarify
  • clear up
  • encourage
  • enlighten
  • explain
  • face
  • help
  • meet
  • support
  • attract
  • confront
  • encounter
  • entice
  • invite
  • take on
  • confront
  • encounter
  • face
  • meet
  • release
  • take on
  • tell the truth
  • stay
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    How to use run around in a sentence

    Descending the Alps to the east or south into Piedmont, a new world lies around and before you.
    GLANCES AT EUROPEHORACE GREELEY
    Davy looked around and saw an old man coming toward them across the lawn.
    DAVY AND THE GOBLINCHARLES E. CARRYL
    This, however, did not apply to the waters lying directly around the Poloe and Flatland groups.
    THE GIANT OF THE NORTHR.M. BALLANTYNE
    Do not the widow's tears run down the cheek, and her cry against him that causeth them to fall?
    THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUS
    At present, Louis was too self-absorbed by the struggles within him, to look deep into what was passing around him.
    THE PASTOR'S FIRE-SIDE VOL. 3 OF 4JANE PORTER
    While they were doing this, he assembled the officers around him, and the meaning of our night march was explained to us.
    BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXXXIX. JANUARY, 1844. VOL. LV.VARIOUS
    A few, very few, little dots had run back over that green patch—the others had passed down into the world of darkness.
    GALLIPOLI DIARY, VOLUME IIAN HAMILTON
    But if what I told him were true, he was still at a loss how a kingdom could run out of its estate like a private person.
    GULLIVER'S TRAVELSJONATHAN SWIFT
    The grass had a delightful fragrance, like new-mown hay, and was neatly wound around the tunnel, like the inside of a bird's-nest.
    DAVY AND THE GOBLINCHARLES E. CARRYL
    They cultivated a few plants around their wigwams, and cured a few pounds for their own use.
    TOBACCO; ITS HISTORY, VARIETIES, CULTURE, MANUFACTURE AND COMMERCEE. R. BILLINGS.
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