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Maintain and operate a cycle or small car?
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runaround
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 An evasive explanation in the form of multiple excuses. 2 (context printing English) A section of type that is narrower than that of the column it is part of; typically next to an illustration. 3 A whitlow running around the fingernail but not affecting ...
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.).
Wikipedia
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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 ...
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.