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give the runaround synonyms
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- addle
- amaze
- astound
- befuddle
- bewilder
- buffalo
- confound
- confuse
- daze
- disconcert
- dumbfound
- elude
- embarrass
- faze
- floor
- get
- mix up
- muddle
- mystify
- baffle
- beat around the bush
- bilk
- circumvent
- confound
- cop out
- ditch
- dodge
- double
- duck
- eschew
- evade
- flee
- fly
- foil
- frustrate
- get around
- get away from
- give the runaround
- baffle
- be beyond someone
- bilk
- circumvent
- confound
- cop out
- ditch
- dodge
- double
- duck
- eschew
- evade
- flee
- fly
- foil
- frustrate
- get around
- get away from
- give the runaround
- bamboozle
- beat
- circumvent
- con
- deceive
- defraud
- disappoint
- do
- fleece
- flimflam
- foil
- frustrate
- gyp
- overreach
- rook
- ruin
- snow
- swindle
- thwart
- avoid
- beat
- beguile
- bilk
- bypass
- circumnavigate
- cramp
- crimp
- deceive
- detour
- disappoint
- dodge
- dupe
- elude
- ensnare
- entrap
- escape
- evade
- foil
- abash
- amaze
- astonish
- astound
- baffle
- befog
- bewilder
- blend
- bug
- commingle
- confute
- discombobulate
- discomfit
- discountenance
- dumbfound
- embarrass
- faze
- fiddle
- flabbergast
- back down
- back off
- back out
- backpedal
- desert
- dodge
- excuse
- give the slip
- have alibi
- rationalize
- renege
- renounce
- revoke
- skip
- use pretext
- welsh
- withdraw
- canal
- channel
- chase
- cut
- dike
- drain
- excavation
- furrow
- gutter
- mine
- moat
- trench
- watercourse
- contrivance
- device
- machination
- method
- plan
- plot
- ploy
- ruse
- scheme
- stratagem
- strategy
- subterfuge
- wile
- as much again
- bifold
- binary
- binate
- coupled
- dual
- dualistic
- duple
- duplex
- duplicate
- duplicated
- geminate
- paired
- repeated
- second
- twice
- twin
- two times
- twofold
- bend
- bob
- bow
- crouch
- dip
- dive
- dodge
- double
- elude
- escape
- evade
- fence
- lower
- lurch
- move to side
- parry
- plunge
- shirk
- shun
- abandon
- abjure
- abstain
- avoid
- double
- duck
- elude
- evade
- forgo
- forswear
- give up
- have no truck with
- let well enough alone
- not touch
- refrain
- renounce
- sacrifice
- shun
- shy
- avoid
- baffle
- balk
- beat around bush
- beg the question
- bypass
- cavil
- circumvent
- conceal
- confuse
- cop out
- deceive
- decline
- dodge
- double
- duck
- elude
- equivocate
- escape
- abscond
- avoid
- beat a hasty retreat
- blow
- bolt
- break
- cut and run
- cut out
- decamp
- depart
- desert
- elude
- evade
- fly
- fly the coop
- get
- get away
- get the hell out
- hotfoot
- aviate
- barnstorm
- bend the throttle
- buzz
- circle
- circumnavigate
- climb
- control
- cross
- dart
- dash
- dive
- drift
- flat-hat
- fleet
- flit
- float
- flutter
- glide
- antithesis
- background
- complement
- counterblow
- defense
- guard
- setting
- annul
- arrest
- baffle
- balk
- bar
- beat
- block
- cancel
- check
- circumvent
- confront
- conquer
- counter
- counteract
- cramp
- cramp one's style
- crimp
- dash
- dash one's hope
- blink at
- burke
- circumnavigate
- circumvent
- depart from
- detour
- deviate from
- finesse
- go around
- go around the barn
- ignore
- let go
- neglect
- omit
- outflank
- pass around
- sidestep
- skirt
- take back road
- baffle
- be beyond someone
- beat around the bush
- bilk
- circumvent
- confound
- cop out
- ditch
- dodge
- double
- duck
- eschew
- evade
- flee
- fly
- foil
- frustrate
- get around
- give the runaround
- abstain
- avert
- bypass
- circumlocute
- circumvent
- deflect
- desist
- ditch
- divert
- dodge
- duck
- elude
- escape
- eschew
- evade
- fake out
- fend off
- flee
- hide
- baffle
- be beyond someone
- beat around the bush
- bilk
- circumvent
- confound
- cop out
- ditch
- dodge
- double
- duck
- eschew
- evade
- flee
- fly
- foil
- frustrate
- get around
- get away from
- back and fill
- beat around the bush
- beg the question
- dance around
- equivocate
- euphemize
- fudge and mudge
- hum and haw
- mince words
- shilly-shally
- tapdance
- baffle
- be beyond someone
- beat around the bush
- bilk
- circumvent
- confound
- cop out
- ditch
- dodge
- double
- duck
- eschew
- evade
- flee
- fly
- foil
- frustrate
- get around
- get away from
- beat
- defeat
- distance
- elude
- exceed
- surpass
- baffle
- bamboozle
- beat
- bewilder
- cap
- cheat
- circumvent
- con
- confuse
- deceive
- defeat
- defraud
- dupe
- end run
- fake out
- figure out
- finagle
- fox
- goose
- cop out
- dodge
- duck
- get out of
- pass on
- relay
- slide out of
- abjure
- abnegate
- avoid
- cease
- constrain
- curb
- decline
- deny oneself
- do without
- eschew
- evade
- fast
- fence-sit
- forbear
- forgo
- give the go by
- give up
- go on the wagon
- keep from
- addle
- amaze
- bamboozle
- beat
- befog
- befuddle
- bemuse
- bewilder
- buffalo
- complicate
- confound
- discombobulate
- disconcert
- distract
- disturb
- dumbfound
- flabbergast
- floor
- flummox
- come-off
- delay
- detour
- difficulty
- diversion
- elusion
- escape
- escaping
- eschewal
- evasion
- inertia
- postponement
- roundabout
- shunning
- bypass
- cheat
- creep
- dodge
- dog
- duck
- elude
- eschew
- evade
- fence
- get around
- goldbrick
- lie down on job
- lurk
- malinger
- parry
- pussyfoot
- quit
- shuffle off
- discard
- ditch
- husk
- jettison
- peel
- pod
- remove
- shed
- shell
- strip
- worthless
- bilk
- cold-shoulder
- cut
- decline
- despise
- disdain
- ditch
- dodge
- double
- duck
- elude
- escape
- eschew
- evade
- get around
- give a wide berth
- give the runaround
- have no part of
- have nothing to do with
- afraid
- apprehensive
- averse
- backward
- bashful
- cautious
- chary
- circumspect
- conscious
- coy
- demure
- diffident
- disinclined
- distrustful
- fearful
- hesitant
- humble
- indisposed
- introvert
- arrest
- avoid the issue
- beat around the bush
- brake
- check
- die
- drag one's feet
- equivocate
- fence
- filibuster
- halt
- hamper
- hedge
- hinder
- hold off
- interrupt
- not move
- play for time
- postpone
- baffle
- be beyond someone
- beat around the bush
- bilk
- circumvent
- confound
- cop out
- ditch
- dodge
- double
- duck
- eschew
- evade
- flee
- fly
- foil
- frustrate
- get around
- get away from
- abstain
- avert
- bypass
- circumlocute
- circumvent
- deflect
- desist
- ditch
- divert
- dodge
- duck
- elude
- escape
- eschew
- evade
- fake out
- fend off
- flee
- give the slip
- filibuster
- rebuff
- resist
- stall
- butt
- end
- projection
- stub
- tail end
- tip
- baffle
- balk
- beat
- bilk
- check
- circumvent
- confuse
- counter
- crab
- cramp
- crimp
- cross
- curb
- dash
- defeat
- disappoint
- ditch
- dodge
- double-cross
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