ran circles around
phrase
variants or ran rings around
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as in excelled
to be greater, better, or stronger than When it came to cooking, he ran circles around the rest of his family. Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- excelled
- exceeded
- topped
- surpassed
- beat
- went one better
- transcended
- towered (over)
- outshone
- eclipsed
- overcame
- overshadowed
- outstripped
- outdid
- outclassed
- outdistanced
- overtopped
- outmatched
- outgunned
- bettered
- licked
- defeated
- trimmed
- subdued
- conquered
- mastered
- outshined
- outpaced
- triumphed (over)
- outraced
- outran
- whipped
- routed
- won (against)
- outperformed
- crushed
- shamed
- surmounted
- clobbered
- overpassed
- trumped
- prevailed (over)
- walloped
- trounced
- thrashed
- outcompeted
- outweighed
- overmatched
- overbore
- one-upped
- bested
- drubbed
- worsted
- outbalanced
- skunked
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- lost (to)
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as in buried
to defeat by a large margin The young girl ran circles around her chess opponent. Synonyms & Similar Words
- buried
- blew away
- threw
- snowed under
- licked
- upset
- whipped
- wiped the floor with
- overcame
- wiped the ground with
- bombed
- beat
- beat the pants off
- flattened
- subdued
- pasted
- ate alive
- took
- dusted
- routed
- trimmed
- skinned
- annihilated
- smothered
- clobbered
- smoked
- succeeded
- finished
- shellacked
- scored
- walloped
- thrashed
- trounced
- mastered
- waxed
- creamed
- dispatched
- conquered
- tromped
- knocked over
- knocked off
- surmounted
- excelled
- overwhelmed
- whapped
- whopped
- whupped
- crushed
- drubbed
- topped
- swept
- whomped
- skunked
- destroyed
- slaughtered
- nosed out
- surpassed
- triumphed (over)
- exceeded
- hurdled
- won (against)
- subjugated
- did in
- vanquished
- transcended
- edged (out)
- prevailed (over)
- capped
- outshone
- overmatched
- eclipsed
- overthrew
- bested
- sunk
- overbore
- sank
- outstripped
- worsted
- overpowered
- outdid
- upended
- outdistanced
- overtopped
- aced (out)
- bettered
- flourished
- broke
- outfought
- pipped
- outshined
- prickspur
- prickteaseres
- prickteasers
- prickwood
- prickwoods
- pricky
- pricy
- pride
- pride and joy
- pride of Barbados
- pride of California
- pride of China
- pride of India
- pride of Ohio
- pride of place
- pride of the morning
- pride oneself on
- pride-of-india
- pride-of-the-peak
- prided
- prided herself on
- prideful
- pridefully
- pridefulness
- pridefulnesses