- give the run-around
- Australian Slangfob (someone) off with evasions and subterfuges
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Give the run-around — fob (someone) off with evasions and subterfuges … Dictionary of Australian slang
run-around — /ˈrʌn əraʊnd / (say run uhrownd) –noun 1. Colloquial equivocation; evasion. 2. Printing an arrangement of type using a column width narrower than the body of the text, as around an illustration. –phrase 3. give someone the run around, Colloquial… …
run-around — noun give sb the runaround informal to deliberately avoid giving someone a definite answer, especially when they are asking you to do something: Every time we ask the landlord about fixing the roof, he gives us the runaround. see also: run around … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
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give somebody the brush-off — verb To rebuff, snub or curtly reject someone. I asked three different clerks, and they all gave me the brush off. Syn: give somebody the run around, give somebody the cold shoulder … Wiktionary
run-around, give one (or get) the — Treat one {or be treated) casually or contemptuously, causing one to be inconvenienced for no good reason … A concise dictionary of English slang
