Run around
WordNet
verb
(1) Play boisterously
"The children frolicked in the garden"
"The gamboling lambs in the meadows"
"The toddlers romped in the playroom"
WiktionaryText
Verb
- To be very busy doing many different things.
- I don't want to run around all week getting everything ready for the holidays.
- to move from one end of the consist to the other, so as to pull the train in the opposite direction.