run rings around

Idioms  

1. Also, run circles around. Be markedly superior to, as in Ethan runs rings around David in chess, or In spelling, Karen runs circles around her classmates. The first term, dating from the late 1800s, alludes to a horse running around a riding ring much faster than the others.

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run rings around

"I kept having DOJ run rings around me. Right now, as we speak, we have our team of attorneys going through that document in great detail."

From Fox News ● Dec. 9, 2019

The women’s team has run rings around the men’s team.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 10, 2019

I also discovered that people with thick Southern accents could run rings around me in chemistry class.

From New York Times ● Mar. 23, 2019

Although strangely, it turns out they can run rings around a documentary-maker.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 9, 2016

Garbage, I told them, biologically I’m twenty-two, I could run rings around you any day.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood

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