run around the Horn

run around the Horn
   American
   repeatedly to mislead, frustrate, or deceive
   The fluctuating winds of the Cape so hindered the progress of sailing ships:
    i won't run you round the Horn,' Sendecker spoke quietly, 'but I can't tell you more than I already have.' (Cussler, 1984)
   There is a specific use when the police move a suspect under arrest from one police station to another to frustrate a lawyer trying to gain access. Also as waltz around the Horn:
    By the time his lawyer finds out, we've moved him again. We waltz him 'around the Horn.' It's an old routine. (Sanders, 1973)

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