dart around

dart around

To move quickly and erratically. It's impossible to keep an eye on all the kids when they're darting around the park like this!
See also: around, dart
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • bomb around
  • find way around
  • gaze around at (someone or something)
  • go around and around
  • get (someone) around the table
  • get around the table
  • crowd around
  • crowd around (someone or something)
  • collect around
  • collect around (someone or something)
References in classic literature
In vain did Uncas dart around the cloud, with a wish to strike his knife into the heart of his father's foe; the threatening rifle of Hawkeye was raised and suspended in vain, while Duncan endeavored to seize the limbs of the Huron with hands that appeared to have lost their power.
Last of The Mohicans
On the roads, children and adults dart around on wooden bikes, the wheels made of wood.
Siargao, Boracay, Sagada remain top tourist destinations
At his farm, thousands of tiny "nishikigoi" (colored carp) dart around deep basins of carefully purified water, meticulously divided by age and color.
Koi story: priceless Japanese fish make a splash
Having said that the ball did dart around early on so you have to give credit to the Sussex batsmen, they got through the new ball and then batted really well.
Pears are punished by ton-up Wells
PARANOID ITV, 9pm As the conspiracy thriller continues, the plot continues to dart around as the main players look over their shoulders.
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Watson's jink and dart around France wing Brice Dulin evoked memories of Jason Robinson and the 21-year-old Bath three-quarter has studied the former England finisher for tips.
Watson can't rest on his laurels if he's to book place
Wherever your team's colours have been splattered, you're able to change form into a super-quick swimming mode, letting you dart around each cleverly built level at the expense of drawing your weapon.
Another ink coming
The remote control vehicles dart around the in-field collecting discuses, javelins and hammers after each throw and returning them to athletes.
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Sleeping and cuddles, and every few hours she has a dart around only to crash out minutes later.
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Caldy seemed to take their foot off the accelerator in the second half and Leicester winger Scott Alfeld was able to dart around a rather scattered defence twice.
Caldy keep focused after taming Lions
'They have got a couple of strong forwards and Mike Phillips loves to dart around the base of the rucks, so we need to keep him quiet.
Scarlets in confident mood
As these two celebrations, which are normally separated by time, collide in my consciousness, three words dart around my mind.
Marking another year
The Ospreys got a firmer grip on the Blues in the set pieces and that enabled Spice to dart around the fringes.
Rugby Union: BOLD SPICE; CELTIC LEAGUE RUGBY: CARDIFF BLUES 9 NEATH-SWANSEA OSPREYS 15 Battling Jason stuns Blues
Poor old Marc-Vivien Foe will have to sit tight while fancy dans dart around in front of him looking for goals.
Sport on TV: Pick of the day
As the kids dart around, Parveen bends her head to the phone and wipes her eyes quickly with her headscarf.
Detained or disappeared? before the 9/11 round-ups, INS detention had already grown into a system handling 150,000 immigrants a year. Tram Nguyen looks for the connections. (To the Point)