run around with
verb
ran around with; run around with; running around with; runs around with
informal + disapproving
: to spend a lot of time with (someone)
He runs around with younger women.
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Jenner and the Cleveland rapper have a friendship dating back to the 2010s when Kid Cudi was running around with Ye, who was married to Jenner’s big sister, Kim Kardashian.
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Michael Saponara, Billboard, 31 Mar. 2026
The musician remembers running around with friends, playing soccer, and riding bikes on the streets of the central Mexican city, just about a hundred or so miles outside of the country’s capital.
—Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2026
Frantically running around with a stick vacuum and your all-purpose cleaner to ensure your crew isn’t aghast at the state of your home is completely unnecessary prep-work for you.
—Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 4 Mar. 2026
Life in the ‘Collective’ Growing up, Rensch recalls in his memoir that he was afforded the freedom to run around with children his own age, spending days in the woods with his friends or splashing around in the water.
—Ben Morse, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
But that injury was balanced out by years of creative play that kept my kids climbing, pretending, and running around with friends independently.
—Carrie Lukas, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
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Michael Saponara, Billboard, 31 Mar. 2026
The musician remembers running around with friends, playing soccer, and riding bikes on the streets of the central Mexican city, just about a hundred or so miles outside of the country’s capital.
—Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2026
Frantically running around with a stick vacuum and your all-purpose cleaner to ensure your crew isn’t aghast at the state of your home is completely unnecessary prep-work for you.
—Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 4 Mar. 2026
Life in the ‘Collective’ Growing up, Rensch recalls in his memoir that he was afforded the freedom to run around with children his own age, spending days in the woods with his friends or splashing around in the water.
—Ben Morse, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
But that injury was balanced out by years of creative play that kept my kids climbing, pretending, and running around with friends independently.
—Carrie Lukas, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
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“Run around with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/run%20around%20with. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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