go-around, n. — Green’s Dictionary of Slang

go-around n.

give someone the go-around (v.) (also give something the go-around) [var. on give someone/something the go-by under go-by n.]

of a person or thing, to reject, to avoid, to jilt.

1870		C.H. Spurgeon ‘A Singular But Needful Question’ Sermon No. 955, delivered on 16 Oct. at the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington, at SpurgeonGems.com 🌐 Be considerate, I pray you, concerning the first and chief question. Do not give it the go around. Your dying hour may be much nearer than you think.
1929		J.A. Russell ‘Colloquial Expressions from Madison County, NY’ in AS V:2 152: To give the go-around: to avoid a person.
1965–70		in DARE II 699/2: Qu. II5b, When you don’t want to have anything to do with a certain person . . ‘I’d certainly like to give him the _______’ [...] Go-around. Qu. AA11, If a man asks a girl to marry him and she refuses, you’d say she _________’ [...] Gave him the go-around.