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Definition of runaround
1 : deceptive or delaying action especially in response to a request tired of getting the runaround
2 : matter typeset in shortened measure to run around something (such as a cut)
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Servicers are giving them the runaround in ways that can hamstring their progress.
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The idea is rooted in a belief that less federal oversight will cut bureaucratic runaround and trim wasteful spending.
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Bohne said the project’s opponents encountered either unresponsive ears or were given the runaround.
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The agency alleges that rampant errors and runarounds — including ignoring customer complaints and wrongly initiating foreclosures on at least 1,000 people — cost some borrowers money and others their homes.
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While Jackie gets the runaround from various Acme personnel, including an imperious Lexi (Mandy Rose Nichols), Jules intrigues and exasperates an odd-couple lab partner pair, Remy and Dee (Madison Jane Jones and Gianni Truzzi).
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Complaining that Apple doesn’t make a cheap, bargain basement MacBook is like moaning that BMW doesn’t make a $6000 runaround.
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First Known Use of runaround
1915
Medical Dictionary
runaround
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noun
run·around
\ˈrən-ə-ˌrau̇nd\
Medical Definition of runaround
: a whitlow encircling a fingernail or toenail
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