Antonyms for give run around
| Grammar : Verb |
- abbreviate
- abet
- accelerate
- advance
- aid
- allow
- approve
- assist
- be honest
- calm
- carry out
- clarify
- clear up
- complete
- confront
- continue
- cooperate
- do
- encounter
- encourage
- enlighten
- expedite
- explain
- explicate
- face
- facilitate
- finish
- forge
- forward
- further
- give up
- go
- go ahead
- hasten
- hearten
- help
- hurry
- inspirit
- leave
- let go
- liberate
- lose
- meet
- open
- permit
- persist
- placate
- push
- quicken
- release
- retreat
- rush
- shorten
- soothe
- speak on
- support
- surrender
- take on
- tell truth
- validate
- yield
Definition of give run around
- As in procrastinate : verb delay, put off doing
- As in stymie : verb frustrate, hinder
- As in equivocate : verb avoid an issue
- As in foil : verb circumvent, nip in the bud
- As in frustrate : verb thwart, disappoint
- As in hedge : verb avoid, dodge
Synonyms for give run around
- adjourn
- annul
- arrest
- baffle
- balk
- bar
- be dilatory
- be noncommittal
- beat
- beat around the bush
- beg the question
- bilk
- block
- blow hot and cold
- bollix
- buffalo
- cancel
- cavil
- check
- checkmate
- choke off
- circumvent
- cloud the issue
- con
- confound
- confront
- conquer
- cool
- cop a plea
- cop out
- corner
- counter
- counteract
- cover up
- crab
- cramp
- cramp one's style
- crimp
- curb
- cut off
- dally
- dash
- dash one's hope
- dawdle
- dead-end
- defeat
- defer
- depress
- disappoint
- disconcert
- discourage
- dishearten
- ditch
- dodge
- double-talk
- drag
- drag one's feet
- duck
- elude
- equivocate
- escape
- eschew
- evade
- falsify
- faze
- fence
- fib
- flip-flop
- foil
- forbid
- forestall
- foul up
- frustrate
- fudge
- get around
- give run around
- give the run around
- give the run-around
- give the slip
- goldbrick
- halt
- hang fire
- hang up
- hedge
- hem and haw
- hesitate
- hinder
- hold off
- hold up
- impede
- inhibit
- jive
- juke
- lag
- let slide
- lick
- lie
- linger
- loiter
- mince words
- mystify
- negate
- neutralize
- nonplus
- nullify
- obstruct
- obviate
- outwit
- overcome
- palter
- parry
- pass the buck
- pause
- pigeonhole
- play a waiting game
- play for time
- poke
- postpone
- preclude
- prevaricate
- prevent
- prohibit
- prolong
- protract
- pussyfoot
- put on back burner
- put on hold
- puzzle
- quibble
- rattle
- render null and void
- restrain
- retard
- ruin
- run around
- run circles around
- run rings around
- shake
- shake off
- shelve
- shilly-shally
- shuck
- shuffle
- shuffle off
- sidestep
- sit on the fence
- skip
- snooker
- stall
- stay
- stonewall
- stop
- stump
- stymie
- suspend
- tarry
- tell white lie
- temporize
- tergiversate
- tergiverse
- throw a monkey wrench into
- throw monkey wrench in
- thwart
- upset the apple cart
- upset the applecart
- waffle
- wait
- weasel
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