| 单词 | to give the runaround |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto give (a person) the (also a) runaround 4. colloquial (originally U.S.). Deceit, evasion; behaviour likely to mislead or cause inconvenience, esp. in to give (a person) the (also a) runaround. Also as a count noun. Cf. go-around n. 3. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [noun] swikec893 swikedomc893 dwalec950 braida1000 falsec1000 flerdc1000 swikelnessa1023 fakenOE chuffingc1175 fikenungc1175 bipechingc1200 treachery?c1225 falseshipc1230 guilec1230 telingc1230 swikeheada1250 craftc1275 felony1297 wrench1297 deceitc1300 gabc1300 guiling13.. guilery1303 quaintisec1325 wrenk1338 beswiking1340 falsehood1340 abetc1350 wissing1357 wilec1374 faitery1377 faiting1377 tregetryc1380 fallacec1384 trainc1390 coverture1393 facrere1393 ficklenessc1397 falsagea1400 tregeta1400 abusionc1405 blearingc1405 deceptionc1430 mean?c1430 tricotc1430 obreption1465 fallacy1481 japery1496 gauderya1529 fallax1530 conveyance1531 legerdemain1532 dole1538 trompe1547 joukery1562 convoyance1578 forgery1582 abetment1586 outreaching1587 chicanery1589 falsery1594 falsity1603 fubbery1604 renaldry1612 supercherie1621 circumduction1623 fobbinga1627 dice-play1633 beguile1637 fallaxitya1641 ingannation1646 hocus1652 renardism1661 dodgerya1670 knapping1671 trap1681 joukery-pawkery1686 jugglery1699 take-in1772 tripotage1779 trickery1801 ruse1807 dupery1816 nailing1819 pawkery1820 hanky-panky1841 hokey-pokey1847 suck-in1856 phenakisma1863 skulduggery1867 sharp practice1869 dodginess1871 jiggery-pokery1893 flim-flammery1898 runaround1915 hanky1924 to give the go-around1925 Scandiknavery1927 the twist1933 hype1955 mamaguy1971 1915 Chicago Herald 2 Dec. 13/4 Pitts is satisfied that he is the victim of the grandest run-around ever put over on a boxing promoter. 1924 H. C. Witwer in Cosmopolitan Jan. 84/2 If you wanted to give William a run around why not say we were Cleopatra and Salome and be done with it? 1929 J. P. McEvoy Hollywood Girl i. 3 All I get is the run around—that nothing today, my dear, but keep in touch with us, you never know what is liable to turn up. 1933 Sun (Baltimore) 24 Nov. 20/4 The fans were given the runaround in the third race here yesterday. 1938 O. Nash I'm Stranger here Myself 115 Humanity must continue to follow the sun around And accept the eternal run-around. 1960 ‘W. Haggard’ Closed Circuit iv. 43 My instructions are to..give him the runaround and soften him up. 1979 E. Newman Sunday Punch xix. 164 We were seeing a deliberate run-around by Smith. 2000 F. Bleasdale Rubber Gloves or Jimmy Choos x. 200 It's Andrea, this girl I'm dating. She's giving me the total runaround, not returning my calls. < as lemmas |
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