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runaround
[ ruhn-uh-round ]
noun
- indecisive or evasive treatment, especially in response to a request:
Ask for a raise and he'll give you the runaround.
Synonyms: , ,
- 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.
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of runaround1
Idioms and Phrases
see get the runaround .Example Sentences
People generally use 鈥淜afkaesque鈥 as an exaggerated metaphor, perhaps to describe the runaround you get from an insurance company or an especially aggravating trip to the DMV.
Can this show keep people invested in this runaround for two more seasons?
By his own admission, Marcus Johnson's metallic blue Suzuki Swift was an unremarkable car - a little runaround bought after passing his driving test.
鈥淭he common theme that we kept running into was that this was a big deal for many residents and almost all of us got the runaround from the city of Long Beach,鈥 Oliver said.
I didn鈥檛 have time for all her runaround talk, and I was surprised that she cared so little.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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