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	Pronounced	Usage
Phinehas	FIN-ee-əs (English)	Biblical
Ryoichi	ṙyo:-ee-chee	Japanese
Tallak	-	Norwegian
Dilip	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam
Reinout	-	Dutch
Juhani	YOO-hah-nee	Finnish