run circles around

1. see run rings around.

Example Sentences

Vladimir Putin has run circles around him, and the war against Ukraine drags on.

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During the making of the album, the twins say they would run circles around the studio as Mike played different drums.

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So whoever he's going to go up against when it's time for any potential vice presidential debates - and we have to assume that's going to be Kamala Harris - I think he'll run circles around that person.

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“We all know 75-year-olds that can run circles around us,” she often says on the stump, “and then we know Joe Biden.”

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And by doing that, these rumrunners, you know, who worked for Al Capone or whoever else, were able to sort of run circles around the Coast Guard.

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Related Words

• bewilder 
• confound 
• confuse 
• demoralize 
• destroy 
• disturb 
• dumbfound 
• overcome 
• overpower 
• puzzle 
• shock 
• stun 
• surprise 
• swamp 
• upset