<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>Indecisive or evasive treatment, especially in response to a request: Ask for a raise and he'll give you the runaround.</li><li>Synonyms: slip, evasion, dodge</li><li>Printing: 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.</li></ul>