runaround
[ ruhn-uh-round ]
/ ˈrʌn əˌraʊnd /
noun
indecisive or evasive treatment, especially in response to a request: Ask for a raise and he'll give you the runaround.
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.
Origin of runaround
1870–75,
Americanism; noun use of verb phrase
run around
Words nearby runaround
run-out,
run-through,
runabout,
runagate,
runanga,
runaround,
runaway,
runaway star,
runback,
runch,
runcible spoon
Example sentences from the Web for runaround
The runaround concluded with King and Brando exchanging lip kisses.
Pembroke watched him hurry off to service a car with a sense of having been given the runaround.
The Perfectionists |Arnold Castle
Idioms and Phrases with runaround
runaround
see get the runaround.