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run·a·round

(rŭn′ə-round′)

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.

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run•a•round

(ˈrʌn əˌraʊnd)

n.

1. an indecisive or evasive response: He gave me the runaround.

2. Print. an arrangement of type in which several lines are set in narrower measure than the others in a column to accommodate an illustration, initial, or the like.

[1870–75]

Translations

balader

runaround

[ˈrʌnəraʊnd] N to give sb the runaround → traer a algn al retortero

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

runaround

run-around [ˈrʌnəraʊnd] n
to give sb the runaround → faire courir qn
He gave me the run-around → Il m'a fait courir.

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

runaround

[ˈrʌnəˌraʊnd] n (fam) to give sb the runaround → far girare a vuoto qn

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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