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Runaround

Slang; deceptive tactics. For example, a dishonest salesman may be said to give a victim "the runaround" by not disclosing hidden fees associated with the price.

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Table 1 shows the cost to deliver 10,000 cfm (4719 L/s) of room neutral air (72[degrees]F [22[degrees]C] and 50% maximum humidity) with no energy recovery, with a traditional runaround coil and with a dedicated heat recovery chiller enhanced runaround coil.

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Runaround was incredibly popular with its young audience, and at its height claimed a 74% share of the viewing audience - although in fairness it was usually up against Open University.

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Hence the little competitive devils could give their opponents the runaround by confusing them into thinking they were choosing one way, then switching at the last second to another.

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My landlord gave me the runaround and said subleasing wasn't permissible," she recalls.

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We were underdogs that year and we were expected to be given the runaround but we gave them the runaround," he said.

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When you play against a team with good technical players, like Chile, they can give you the runaround.