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    Idiom: Run Around After

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    run around after 

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    To spend a lot of time doing things for another person or group of people. Often used when that person could reasonably do the things for themselves.

    A-Z Proximities

    • run across
    • run afoul of
    • run amok
    • run and gun
    • run around
    • run around after
    • run around like a chicken with its head cut off
    • run around with
    • run at the mouth
    • run down the clock
    • run for one's life

    Similar Idioms

    • run around after
    • run around
    • run around like a chicken with its head cut off
    • run around with
    • run rings around
    • after the fact
    • after all
    • after one's own heart
    • after the Lord Mayor's show
    • ask after
    • chase after
    • close the stable door after the horse has bolted
    • day after day
    • ever after
    • happily ever after
    • letters after one's name
    • one after another
    • pull the ladder up after oneself
    • throw good money after bad
    • albatross around one's neck

    Similar Phrases

    • run around
    • accessory after the fact
    • after a fashion
    • after part
    • after-shave lotion
    • morning-after pill
    • be after
    • chase after
    • come after
    • day-after-day
    • go after
    • lech after
    • look after
    • lust after
    • point after
    • point after touchdown
    • quest after
    • take after
    • week after week
    • bombing run
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