run around in circles

Idioms  

1. see go around, def. 4; run rings around.

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Example Sentences

All he can do now is run around in circles in a closed room that is quickly becoming smaller and smaller.

From Salon

Meanwhile, the rest of the Republican establishment continues to run around in circles clucking furiously like a brood of barnyard hens, trying to keep Trump and his cultlike following happy.

From Salon

I’ll reply from my living room in Houston, lying upside down on the sofa, watching my dog run around in circles.

From New York Times

Yet generally, these dancers seem less like kamikaze street warriors than scampering puppies, who like nothing more than to run around in circles and wriggle on their backs.

From New York Times

Otherwise,” Spoelstra continued, “you would run around in circles looking like idiots.”

From Washington Times