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Idioms and Phrases

Work or exert oneself without noticeable change or progress. For example, I've worked on this project for months but feel I'm running in place . This idiom employs in place in the sense of “on one spot,” a usage dating from the late 1200s.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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