1. evasive or delaying tactics used to avoid giving a direct answer or taking action
Usage: informal; plural form

Examples

• The customer got tired of the runarounds from the insurance company.
• Stop giving me runarounds and just tell me the truth.
• After weeks of runarounds, she finally got a straight answer.
• The bureaucratic runarounds made the simple process take months.
• He was frustrated by the constant runarounds from his supervisor.
• The company’s runarounds only made customers more angry.