- run circles around you
- run faster than you, win easily
Billy can run circles around any boy in school. He's very fast.
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run circles around you
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run circles around — verb To outperform by a great margin. You may think youre a fast typist, but hell run circles around you any day! … Wiktionary
run\ circles\ around — • run circles around • run rings around v. phr. To show that you can do a task much better than; do better than (someone) very easily. In spelling, Ruth could run circles around Barbara any day. Frank ran rings around the other boys on the… … Словарь американских идиом
run circles around someone — If you can run circles around someone, you are smarter and intellectually quicker than they are … The small dictionary of idiomes
run circles around — also[run rings around] {v. phr.} To show that you can do a task much better than; do better than (someone) very easily. * /In spelling, Ruth could run circles around Barbara any day./ * /Frank ran rings around the other boys on the basketball… … Dictionary of American idioms
run circles around — also[run rings around] {v. phr.} To show that you can do a task much better than; do better than (someone) very easily. * /In spelling, Ruth could run circles around Barbara any day./ * /Frank ran rings around the other boys on the basketball… … Dictionary of American idioms
run circles around someone — If you can run circles around someone, you are smarter and intellectually quicker than they are. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
Run circles around someone — If you can run circles around someone, you are smarter and intellectually quicker than they are … Dictionary of English idioms
run\ rings\ around — • run circles around • run rings around v. phr. To show that you can do a task much better than; do better than (someone) very easily. In spelling, Ruth could run circles around Barbara any day. Frank ran rings around the other boys on the… … Словарь американских идиом
run rings/circles around — If you show much more skill or ability than your opponent, you run rings (or circles) around them. In a quiz show on TV yesterday, a teenage girl ran rings around the other contestants … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
run — run1 [ rʌn ] (past tense ran [ ræn ] ; past participle run) verb *** ▸ 1 move quickly with legs ▸ 2 control/organize ▸ 3 machine: work ▸ 4 liquid: flow ▸ 5 try to be elected ▸ 6 vehicle: travel ▸ 7 be shown/performed ▸ 8 reach amount/rate ▸ 9… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
