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run rings around

See: RUN CIRCLES AROUND.

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run circles around

[run circles around] also [run rings around] {v. phr.} To show that you can do a task much better than; do better than (someone) very easily. * /In spelling, Ruth […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

circle

[circle] See: [COME FULL CIRCLE], [IN A CIRCLE] or [IN CIRCLES], [RUN CIRCLES AROUND] also [RUN RINGS AROUND]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

ring

[ring] See: [GIVE A RING], [RUN CIRCLES AROUND] or [RUN RINGS AROUND], [THREE-RING CIRCUS], [THROW ONE'S HAT IN THE RING]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

in a circle

[in a circle] or [in circles] {adv. phr.} Without any progress; without getting anywhere; uselessly. * /The committee debated for two hours, just talking in circles./ * /If you don't […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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