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runaround definition

run·around (-ə ro̵und′)

noun

  1. ☆ Informal a series of evasive excuses, deceptions, delays, etc.: usually in get (or give) the runaround
  2. Printing an arrangement of type in shorter lines than the rest of the text, as around an illustration

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