"runaround" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: runarounds [plural]
Etymology: Deverbal from run around. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|en|run around}} Deverbal from run around Head templates: {{en-noun}} runaround (plural runarounds)
  1. An evasive explanation in the form of multiple excuses. Translations (evasive explanation): увъртане (uvǎrtane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), enrolação [feminine] (Portuguese), отговорки (otgovorki) [plural] (Russian), увиливание от ответа (uvilivanije ot otveta) [neuter] (Russian), волокита (volokita) [feminine] (Russian), dar largas (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-runaround-en-noun-5k~Zkmrb Disambiguation of 'evasive explanation': 97 1 1 1
  2. A detour or route that bypasses an obstacle.
    Sense id: en-runaround-en-noun-gioF~SR~ Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 3 45 4 48
  3. (printing) A section of type that is narrower than that of the column it is part of; typically next to an illustration. Categories (topical): Printing
    Sense id: en-runaround-en-noun-XPS7ixti Topics: media, printing, publishing
  4. A whitlow running around the fingernail but not affecting the bone.
    Sense id: en-runaround-en-noun-i1uIWtkb Categories (other): English deverbals, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English deverbals: 8 28 6 59 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 32 3 62 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 3 45 4 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: run-around, run around Derived forms: bureaucratic runaround, get the runaround, give somebody the runaround

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