单词 | to run in and out |
释义 | > as lemmasto run in and out 8. intransitive. To pay a short or passing visit; to call in. Frequently with on, less commonly to (a person). to run in and out (of one another's homes, etc.): to make frequent informal visits (to one another). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > visit > visiting > visit [verb (intransitive)] > visit informally to call in1573 to drop in1609 to look ina1616 to come round1620 to go round1636 to put in1668 to go around1742 to happen in1749 to run in and out1779 to come around1822 to pop in and out1846 to happen in with1883 to stop in1904 stop1905 1779 S. Johnson Let. 16 Oct. (1788) I. 46 Does Mr. Thrale go and talk with him, and do you run in and out? You may both be the better for his conversation. 1837 C. Reynolds Let. 10 Aug. in G. Coles Mem. (1844) 160 If you were only here, how oft would I run in to see you. 1880 Arthur's Home Mag. June 335/2 The times when Mrs. Clark had run in on me, when I was in the midst of house-cleaning or other work equally as important. 1892 M. Oliphant Marriage of Elinor II. xvii. 37 It might be a relief to her to run in to me whenever she pleased. 1907 Good Housek. Aug. 148/1 I'll run in on them at home tomorrow. After all, papa and mamma will be so glad to see me. 1952 M. Laski Village iv. 77 It's lucky it's so far away; at least they can't be running in and out of each other's homes every minute. 1958 A. Walworth Woodrow Wilson I. xxiv. 416 His ‘darling Nell’ managed to run in on her father every day. 2005 J. Kacirk Informal Eng. 39 Clip in, to run in for a short visit. < as lemmas |
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