Antonyms for run circles around
| Grammar : Verb |
- abet
- add
- aid
- allow
- assist
- be inferior
- calm
- clarify
- clear up
- comfort
- create
- descend
- drop
- encourage
- enlighten
- explain
- face
- facilitate
- fail
- fall
- fall behind
- forfeit
- forward
- give up
- help
- inspirit
- liberate
- lose
- lower
- meet
- miss
- not impress
- order
- organize
- placate
- release
- replace
- retreat
- soothe
- start
- surrender
- underwhelm
- yield
Definition of run circles around
- As in outwit/outsmart : verb get the better of; figure out before another
- As in overwhelm : verb astonish, devastate
- As in top : verb surpass
- As in whip : verb defeat soundly
- As in win : verb finish first; succeed
- As in exceed : verb be superior to; surpass
- As in foil : verb circumvent, nip in the bud
- The latter young gentleman said that with his car he could run circles around the persons to whom the other made reference.
- Extract from : « The Auto Boys' Quest » by James A Braden
- I'll get a horse some day that'll run circles around that ol' black scound'el.
- Extract from : « When A Man's A Man » by Harold Bell Wright
Synonyms for run circles around
- achieve
- baffle
- balk
- bamboozle
- bash
- be first
- be victorious
- beat
- best
- better
- bewilder
- bilk
- blast
- blow away
- blow out of the water
- bollix
- bowl over
- break record
- buffalo
- cap
- carry the day
- cheat
- check
- checkmate
- circumvent
- clobber
- come in first
- con
- confound
- confuse
- conquer
- counter
- crab
- cramp
- crimp
- curb
- dash
- deceive
- defeat
- defraud
- demoralize
- destroy
- disappoint
- disconcert
- distance
- disturb
- ditch
- do in
- dodge
- downgrade
- drown
- drub
- duck
- dumbfound
- dupe
- eclipse
- edge
- elude
- end-run
- exceed
- excel
- fake out
- faze
- finagle
- finish in front
- finish off
- floor
- foul up
- fox
- frustrate
- gain
- gain victory
- get around
- get upper hand
- give the run-around
- give the slip
- go beyond
- go by
- goose
- gull
- hammer
- hang up
- have
- have a jump on
- have advantage
- have it all over
- hinder
- hoax
- hoodwink
- juke
- kill
- lambaste
- lead astray
- lick
- make a fool of
- make a monkey of
- mislead
- mop up
- nullify
- out-distance
- outdo
- outfox
- outgeneral
- outguess
- outjockey
- outmaneuver
- outpace
- outreach
- outrun
- outshine
- outstrip
- outthink
- outwit
- overcome
- overpower
- overreach
- overrun
- overstep
- overtake
- overtax
- overwhelm
- pass
- prevail
- prevent
- prostrate
- pull a fast one on
- put away
- put one over on
- puzzle
- rattle
- render speechless
- restrain
- rise above
- rout
- run circles around
- run rings around
- settle
- shake
- shake off
- shatter
- shock
- shuffle off
- shut out
- sink
- skip
- stagger
- steamroller
- stop
- stun
- stymie
- subdue
- subordinate
- surmount
- surprise
- swamp
- swindle
- take apart
- take in
- take the prize
- thrash
- throw monkey wrench in
- thwart
- top
- total
- transcend
- trick
- trim
- triumph
- trounce
- upset
- upset the apple cart
- vanquish
- walk away with
- walk off with
- wallop
- wax
- whomp
- worst
- wreck
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