To move around from place to place. "We have a large fenced yard so that the dogs can run about during the day."
I think this is a British usage, not AE.
[native speaker & writer, not a teacher]
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Thread: Run About
- 23-Jul-2007, 16:35 #1
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Run About "-you know plants can feel, know,
even comprehend
-They don't run about"
I can not get what does "run about " mean in above quotation
May you help me , please?
- 23-Jul-2007, 17:19 #2
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Re: Run About
- 23-Jul-2007, 19:19 #3
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Re: Run About Incidentally, plants can locomote - but too slowly for it to be called running.
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- 23-Jul-2007, 19:50 #4
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Re: Run About We're all doomed...
- 24-Jul-2007, 00:36 #5
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Re: Run About Running is supposed to be fast, right?
Originally Posted by Delmobile 
but can we say "He is running slowly"?
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