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get the runaround

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]

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Nearby words

get the lead out, get the message, get the most out of, get the nod, get the picture, get the runaround, get the sack, get the show on the road, get the upper hand, get the worst of it, get thee behind me, satan
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