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   Run·a·round

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   • 1. difficult or awkward treatment, especially in which someone is evasive or avoids a question: "the times he got the runaround looking for work"

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   What does give the runaround mean?

   • The related expression give the runaround means "to treat evasively or misleadingly," as in He gives her the runaround whenever she asks for time off. [Early 1900s] get the sack hand. see under

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   What is a runaround loop?

   • And what a runaround it has been. There was a run-around loop for the engine and a crossing loop from which the engine shed and any industrial siding could be accessed. Originally a single line, the station included a runaround loop, with a turntable at the head. The station was to have been equipped with a run-around loop.

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   Did the store give him the runaround?

   • He expected to get the runaround, but surprisingly, the store offered him a refund. By the summer of 1602, however, they began to sense that they were getting the runaround. Our manager cannot help because he is being given the runaround whenever he does try. At that stage he must have thought that we were giving him the runaround.

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   Can a woman get a runaround from insurance?

   • Women can often get a runaround from insurers over the cost of reconstruction because some carriers don't tell patients they're eligible for it, doctors said. He got the runaround at the hospital and city morgue. All they do is shuffle things around and give you the runaround.

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   noun. indecisive or evasive treatment, especially in response to a request: Ask for a raise and he'll give you the runaround. Synonyms: slip, evasion, dodge. Printing. an arrangement of type in which several lines are set in narrower measure than the others in a column to accommodate an illustration, initial, or the like.

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   Runaround is an informal word for deception or evasive excuses. It can also refer to a printing technique of setting type in a narrower column. See synonyms, pronunciation and translations of runaround.

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