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Maintain and operate a cycle or small car?
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runaround
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In typography , a runaround is where the ends of lines of text are adjusted to conform to a box or irregular shape, rather than a simple vertical column margin. This is done where an image or other content (known as an intrusion ) occupies part of a column, ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Runaround \Run"a*round`\, n. a delaying or evasive, and sometimes deceptive, answer to an inquiry or request.
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.