run-around

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run-around

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Deverbal from run around.

noun run-arounds

alternative Alternative form of runaround The Board points to Driver Supervisor Wade Seal's testimony that a dispatcher was not doing his job right when he deliberately ran around a driver (Tr. 1414(2)) and the portion of Booe's testimony where Booe obviously wished to avoid stating that the company had a policy of permitting deliberate run
Synonym of runabout. We have big people-carrier, and also a little run-around for popping to the shops.
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@misc{run_around_2026,
  title = {run-around},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/run-around},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}