run rings around

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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.
    Liverpool ran rings around Ipswich in a 5-0 victory on Saturday.

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