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run around

chase around

get the runaround

To go to different places for company and pleasure; be friends. Often used with with.

Chuck and Jim chase around a lot together.

Ruth runs around with girls who like to go dancing.

Tim hasn't been to a dance all year; with school work and his job, he hasn't time to run around.

run circles around

run rings around

To show that you can do a task much better than; do better than (someone) very easily.

Frank ran rings around the other boys on the basketball team.

In spelling, Ruth could run circles around Barbara any day.

run into the ground

To do or use (something) more than is wanted or needed.

It's all right to borrow my hammer once in a while, but don't run it into the ground.

To win over or defeat (someone) completely.

We lost the game today, but tomorrow we'll run them into the ground.

scout around

To search for; look around.

When we first came to town, we had to scout around for a suitable apartment.

scratch around for

To search randomly for something.

If you scratch around for a more reliable used car, maybe you'll feel more confident on the road.

screw around

To hang around idly without accomplishing anything, to loaf about, to beat or hack around.

You guys are no longer welcome here; all you do is screw around all day.

scrounge around

To search for an object aimlessly without having one clearly in mind.

I don't know what's the matter with him, he is just scrounging around all day long.

To look around for a way to get a free drink or a free meal.

Sue and her husband are so broke they never eat properly; they just scrounge around from one place to the next until someone offers them something.

shop around for

To make the rounds of various commercial establishments in order to find the most economical answer for one's needs.

Посещать несколько магазинов торгующих схожим товаром, чтобы сравнить цены.

We've been shopping around for a larger condominium that is affordable, and near the university.

You can usually save money by shopping around.

Сверяя цены в магазинах можно сэкономить.