chase\ around

chase\ around
• run around
• chase around
v informal
To go to different places for company and pleasure; be friends.

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

Chuck and Jim chase around a lot together.

- Often used with "with".

Ruth runs around with girls who like to go dancing.

Compare: go around, hang around

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