(PW) be sent from place to place without getting the information needed. It took me four hours to renew my driver’s license. I was sent to almost every department and seemed to get the runaround. (free) n run-around 1. Informal deceitful or evasive treatment of a person (esp in the phrase give or get the run-around) 2. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) Printing an arrangement of printed matter in which the column width is narrowed to accommodate an illustration (MW) 1: deceptive or delaying action especially in response to a request runaround> 2: matter typeset in shortened measure to run around something (as a cut) (your) noun - Informal a series of evasive excuses, deceptions, delays, etc.: usually in get (or give) the runaround
- Printing an arrangement of type in shorter lines than the rest of the text, as around an illustration
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