| 释义 |
run circles around someone run circles around (someone)1. To move much faster than someone else. I'm sure you could run circles around me at this stage; I'm so out of shape!2. To greatly outclass or outperform someone in some activity. Her presentation on the way molecules bind together was so polished and well researched—she absolutely ran circles around the other students. The reigning champions are running circles around their fatigued opponents as we head into the fourth quarter.See also: around, circle, runrun circles around someone If you run circles around someone, you are much better than them at a particular activity, and can easily beat them. Try and make a property deal with a Majorcan farmer and he'll run circles around a Wall Street broker. Young companies are running circles around their older, richer, slower rivals.See also: around, circle, run, someone |