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Evasive treatment, with ''the''
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runaround
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" Runaround " is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov , featuring his recurring characters Powell and Donovan . It was written in October 1941 and first published in the March 1942 issue of Astounding Science Fiction . It appears in the collections ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Landowners who get caught up in this bureaucratic runaround receive no compensation for their economic loss as a result of wetland determination.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also run-around , "deceptive, evasive treatment," 1915, from verbal phrase, from run (v.) + around (adv.).
Usage examples of runaround.
He's frightfully bitter against the people in Washington who gave him the runaround, and he insists that certain interests are trying to smother his process in order to build up their own business during the war and, more selfishly, after the war.