"run rings around" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-run rings around.ogg [Australia] Forms: runs rings around [present, singular, third-person], running rings around [participle, present], ran rings around [past], run rings around [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|run<,,ran,run> rings around}} run rings around (third-person singular simple present runs rings around, present participle running rings around, simple past ran rings around, past participle run rings around)
  1. (idiomatic) To demonstrate superiority, or greater skill than another person, team or group of people. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: run circles around, run rings round Translations (Translations): заткнуть за пояс (zatknutʹ za pojas) (Russian), dar sopas con honda (Spanish), dar cien vueltas (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-run_rings_around-en-verb-PYFwAOTt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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