Last Updated：2025/11/22

(idiomatic, transitive) To spend a lot of time with a person or group of people. Often implies disapproval on the part of the speaker.

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run around with

Source Word

run around with

Verb

idiomatic transitive

Japanese Meaning

（否定的なニュアンスを伴いながら）誰かやグループと長時間、一緒に過ごす、付き合うこと。 / （軽率に付き合ってしまう、無責任な関係を示唆する意味で）だらだらと相手と関わること

I worry that my younger cousin will run around with the wrong crowd.

私は、年下のいとこが悪い仲間とつるんでしまうのではないかと心配している。

Sense（1）

I'm not happy about the friends my son is running around with at the moment.

runs around with

（ present singular third-person ）

running around with

（ participle present ）

ran around with

（ past ）

run around with

（ participle past ）