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give the runaround
give somebody the runaround
(informal) to act in a way which makes it difficult for someone to do something, for example by refusing to tell them things they need to know I'm trying to get a visa, but the embassy staff keep giving me the runaround. (informal)
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Arie (2) | | ahr-YE | Hebrew |
| Mnason | | - | Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek, Ancient Greek |
| Judson | | ['dʒʌdsn] | |
| Ural | | - | Bashkir |
| Dragutin | | - | Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Medieval Slavic |
| MİThat | | - | Turkish |