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

Example sentences from the Web for runaround

  • The runaround concluded with King and Brando exchanging lip kisses.

    Courting Brando |Harold Evans |December 19, 2008 |DAILY BEAST
  • 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.