run rings around

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See run circles around.

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run rings around (third-person singular simple present runs rings around, present participle running rings around, simple past ran rings around, past participle run rings around)

  1. (idiomatic) Synonym of run circles around.
    Liverpool ran rings around Ipswich in a 5-0 victory on Saturday.

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