gave the run-around (verb) foil: circumvent, nip in the bud
Detalii: a fencing sword with a bowl-shaped guard and flexible blade is an épée; the one with a circular guard is a foil
Sinonime: caked, calcified, cemented, compact, compressed, congealed, conglomerated, consolidated, dried, firm, indurate, monolithic,
petrified, poured, precast, set, set in stone,
solid, solidified, steeled,
strong,
unyieldingAntonime: bending,
flexible,
pliable