runaround

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(rŭn'ə-round') pronunciation
n.
  1. Informal. Deception, usually in the form of evasive excuses.
  2. Printing. Type set in a column narrower than the body of the text, as on either side of a picture.

Type copy set with some of the lines indented or shortened to fit around for an illustration or other graphic element.

Translations:

Runaround

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - en sludder for en sladder

idioms:

  • give someone the runaround    give ngn. en sludder for en sladder

Nederlands (Dutch)
rondlopen iemand van het kastje naar de muur sturen

Français (French)
n. - réponse évasive

idioms:

  • give someone the runaround    faire marcher qn, faire des réponses de Normand à qn

Deutsch (German)
n. - Ausflucht

idioms:

  • give someone the runaround    jmdn. an der Nase herumführen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - υπεκφυγή

idioms:

  • give someone the runaround    στέλνω από τον 'Αννα στον Καϊάφα

Italiano (Italian)
risposta evasiva

idioms:

  • give someone the runaround    dare una risposta evasiva

Português (Portuguese)
n. - subterfúgio (m)

idioms:

  • give someone the runaround    cozinhar alguém em fogo lento

Русский (Russian)
морочить голову, безуспешно на побегушках

idioms:

  • give someone the runaround    бесцельно слать туда-сюда

Español (Spanish)
n. - evasiva maliciosa

idioms:

  • give someone the runaround    dar largas a alguien, hacer falsas promesas

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - undvikning

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
推诿, 搪塞, 答话不着边际, 回避话题

idioms:

  • give someone the runaround    借故搪塞某人

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 推諉, 搪塞, 答話不著邊際, 回避話題

idioms:

  • give someone the runaround    借故搪塞某人

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 핑계, 발뺌, 속임수

idioms:

  • give someone the runaround    ~에게 핑계를 대다, ~을 속이다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 言い逃れ, はぐらかし, その場しのぎ
v. - ごまかす

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) تملص, مراوغه ان يعطي كلاما مبطن مموه, يتملص من‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮התחמקות, רמאות‬


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