run around after: meaning & examples
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Meanings:
- To follow someone persistently or to attempt to gain their attention or favour repeatedly.
- To pursue or chase someone physically.
Examples
BetaHe’s always running around after that celebrity, hoping to get her attention at events.
Siempre anda detrás de esa celebridad, esperando llamar su atención en los eventos.
Stop running around after people who don’t appreciate your efforts.
Deja de andar detrás de personas que no valoran tus esfuerzos.
She has been running around after her boss all week, trying to secure a promotion.
Ella ha estado correteando detrás de su jefe toda la semana, intentando conseguir un ascenso.
- To busy oneself attending to another's needs or wishes in a servile or overzealous way; to do errands for someone or constantly try to please them.
Examples
BetaThe assistant spent the day running around after the manager, handling all his appointments and errands.
El asistente pasó el día corriendo tras el gerente, gestionando todas sus citas y recados.
I’m tired of running around after my siblings, cleaning up their messes all the time.
Estoy cansado de andar detrás de mis hermanos, limpiando sus desastres todo el tiempo.
She runs around after her clients constantly, trying to meet all their demands.
Ella anda corriendo tras sus clientes constantemente, tratando de satisfacer todas sus demandas.
Examples:
- EN: Except to run around after women.ES: ¡Solo para ir detrás de las mujeres!
- EN: I hope you're not letting everybody run around after you all the time, Jeanette.ES: Espero que no dejes que todo el mundo haga el trabajo por ti, Jeanette.
- EN: Well, if she's gonna run around after chaps half her age --ES: Yendo detrás de hombres a los que doblaba la edad.
- EN: Don't you run around after her!ES: ¡No corras tras ella!
- EN: My whole life, people, they run around after him.ES: Toda mi vida, la gente, revoloteaba alrededor de él.
- EN: I run around after him, clearing up his mistakes, paying his debts, letting him use me.ES: Yo iba detrás, arreglando todos sus líos, pagando sus deudas, dejándole que me utilizara.
- EN: There's a picture of us with Dad from that time he got us down on the field to run around after the game.ES: Hay una fotografía de nosotros con papá de aquel día que nos bajó al campo para que corriéramos cuando terminó el partido.
- EN: -I am sorting it, David, but I don't have time to run around after you every time you have a bloody meltdown!ES: ¡Lo hago, David, pero no tengo tiempo para correr, cada vez que tienes una crisis!
- EN: You two are such babies needing slaves to run around after you.ES: Sois como niños que necesitan esclavos correteando detrás de vosotros.
- EN: For twenty years, if I knew that he would have run around after losing his mind,ES: Durante veinte años, Si yo sabía que él habría corrido después de perder su mente,
- EN: What is it about Alison, she always manages to find a man to run around after her?ES: ¿Qué tiene Alison que siempre se las arregla para encontrar a un hombre que vaya detrás de ella?
- EN: She always manages to find a man to run around after her.ES: Siempre se las arregla para encontrar a un hombre que vaya detrás de ella.
- EN: And then she expects me to run around after six toddlers!ES: ¡Y luego espera que corra detrás de seis niños pequeños!
- EN: I could take the weight while you run around after your boss.ES: Podría quitarte el peso mientras sigues a tu jefe.
- EN: If you own one of these breeds, it may be difficult to change this behavior, and they may still nip your children's heels as they run around after them.HI: यदि आप इन नस्लों में से एक के मालिक हैं, तो इस व्यवहार को बदलना मुश्किल हो सकता है, और वे अब भी आपके बच्चों की ऊँची एड़ी के जूते को छोड़ सकते हैं क्योंकि वे उनके पीछे दौड़ते हैं।
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