Phrasal verbs using... Around and about

Run about: I love those sunny days when you go out and see children running about in the gardens.

Fly around: A disgusting rumour about your family has been flying around lately. Are you sure you want to know about it?

Get around: The Internet makes easier to get news around in just a few hours.

Boss around: Women are being bossed around in the office which can’t be tolerated. We must talk to the superior and end with this situation.

Ask around: I didn’t need to ask around to find a new job. I met the boss of the company in an informal dinner and I knew they were looking for someone Young.

Float about: The office is full of papers. I know your book is floating around here but I just can’t find it now, sorry.

Lying around: I can’t stand it when I arrive home and I see toys lying around. I’ve said my children thousand times to pick their things up once they finish playing!

Play around: I can remember the times that mum said ‘Stop playing around and behave politely!’

Bang about: I live on a second floor and I wonder what my third floor neighbours are doing. They’ve been weeks banging about! It seems that they move their furniture constantly. (making loud noises)

Clown around: I don’t think we are at an age when we need to be clowning around at the parties to meet someone new. We are adults! (acting in a silly way)

Skirt around: It usually happens when a politician is being interviewed that they skirt around the truth. If elections are about to happen they avoid giving direct answers to some quesions.

Crowd around: People crowded around the man who had suffered an accident in order to help him until the ambulance arrived

Knock around: 1 Arantxa, a friend of mine, has knocked about the world (travel)

2 My son is knocking around with that new friend he met at school (go with)

3 My husband didn’t knock him around! He told him to turn down the volume of his television as it was 1.00 am! (hit)