Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.), colloq. A whitlow running around the finger nail, but not affecting the bone.
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Examples
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Health studies of the impact of natural gas drilling will get the scientific run-around by gas companies intent on keeping their operations profitable.
Lila Nordstrom: Healthcare and the Marcellus Shale -- Fracking's Consequences in Upstate New York Lila Nordstrom 2011
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Health studies of the impact of natural gas drilling will get the scientific run-around by gas companies intent on keeping their operations profitable.
Lila Nordstrom: Healthcare and the Marcellus Shale -- Fracking's Consequences in Upstate New York Lila Nordstrom 2011
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"For the quakes, he was very alert and started barking and doing his run-around routine."
Do Pets Have A Sixth Sense? AP 2011
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Giving them the run-around would give a green light to those inclined to cheat.
Under Immense Pressure, Educators Accused of Tampering With Tests Joy Resmovits 2011
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Also mentioned being given a "run-around" and said he needed assistance.
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"For the quakes, he was very alert and started barking and doing his run-around routine."
Do Pets Have A Sixth Sense? AP 2011
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"For the quakes, he was very alert and started barking and doing his run-around routine."
Do Pets Have A Sixth Sense? AP 2011
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The world No2 wasted one of them with an extravagant run-around forehand that he pushed wide but Fish was more profligate with a backhand at the net that went below the tape and went 0-1 down.
Rafael Nadal edges past Mardy Fish in ATP World Tour Finals 2011
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"For the quakes, he was very alert and started barking and doing his run-around routine."
Do Pets Have A Sixth Sense? AP 2011
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Giving them the run-around would give a green light to those inclined to cheat.
Under Immense Pressure, Educators Accused of Tampering With Tests Joy Resmovits 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word run-around
"A whitlow running around the finger nail, but not affecting the bone."
--GNU Webster's 1913
October 29, 2010