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ran circles around

ran circles around is the simple past of run circles around.

Meaning of run circles around

Verb

run circles around (third-person singular simple present runs circles around, present participle running circles around, simple past ran circles around, past participle run circles around)

  1. (figuratively) To outperform by a great margin.
    • You may think you're a good seller Carla, but Rickey will run circles around you any day!

Questions about ran circles around

What is ran circles around the simple past of?
Ran circles around is the simple past of run circles around.

Words near ran circles around in the dictionary

  1. ran back
  2. ran barefoot through
  3. ran before
  4. ran behind
  5. ran by
  6. ran circles around
  7. ran counter
  8. ran deep
  9. ran down
  10. ran down the clock
  11. ran dry

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