run around aftersomeone
phrasal verbwithrunverbuk/rʌn/us/rʌn/present participlerunning|past tenseran|past participlerun
informal(UKalsorun about aftersomeone,run round aftersomeone)to do a lot of things for someoneelse,especiallywhen thatpersonshould beableto do more for himself or herself:
Iseemtospendmost of mytimerunningaround after thosekids.
Work, working and the workplace
- act assomething
- all work and no play (makes Jack a dull boy)idiom
- assignment
- bandh
- be at workidiom
- grind
- hoop
- hot-desking
- hotelling
- housekeeping
- in the line of dutyidiom
- induction
- industry
- moonlight
- slave
- slog
- slouch
- spadework
- subtask
- sweat