"run rings around" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-run rings around.ogg Forms: runs rings around [present, singular, third-person], running rings around [participle, present], ran rings around [past], run rings around [participle, past], run rings round [alternative]
Etymology: See run circles around. 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) Synonym of run circles around. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: run circles around [synonym, synonym-of] Translations (Translations): заткнуть за пояс (zatknutʹ za pojas) (Russian), dar sopas con honda (Spanish), dar cien vueltas (Spanish)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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