run around ( also run round British English ) phrasal verb ( see also ↑ run )
1 . to run in an area while you are playing:
The children were running around in the garden.
2 . informal to be very busy doing many small jobs:
Maria was running around trying to get the house tidy.
We were all running around like headless chickens (=trying to do a lot of things, in an anxious or disorganized way) .
⇨ ↑ runaround