This is the 10113th most frequent Russian word.
бегали
“Бегали” means “ran” (past tense, plural).
Here, 'бегали' illustrates a repeated action that took place frequently in the past as part of the simple past verb conjugation.
В детстве мы часто бегали по парку.
In childhood, we often ran in the park.
In this sentence, 'бегали' is used to describe a past event of moving quickly towards home.
Перед дождём все дети бегали домой.
Before the rain, all children ran home.
Here, 'бегали' refers to an action performed repeatedly or habitually during a specific time period - the holidays.