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- - run ragged
  - run rings around
  - run riot
  - run the blockade
  - run through
  - run together
  - run up bills
  - run wild
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  - run-of-the-mill
  - runaround
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runaround
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Synonyms:

evasion, diversion , avoidance , buck-passing, equivocation, evasiveness, passing the buck, shunting off, sidetracking, the slip

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