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Idioms and Phrases
Be treated evasively or misleadingly, especially in response to a request. For example, Every time I ask about next year's plans I get the runaround . 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]Advertisement
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