give (someone) the runaround
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The bank manager gave me the runaround when I came to get a loan.
Другие идиомы:
- give (someone) the third degree
- give (someone) a swelled head
- give oneself up to (something)
- give (someone) an inch and they will take a mile
- give free rein to (someone or something)
- give (someone) the ax
- give a wide birth to (someone or something)
- give ground
- give rise to
- give (something) one's best shot
- give notice
- give (someone) their due
- give (someone) the creeps
- give (someone) the low-down (on someone or something)
- give (someone) a hand with (something)