- round in circles, run or go
- Be active, often without result.
A concise dictionary of English slang (2nd edition) . Brian Phythian. 2015.
round in circles, run or go
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run round in circles — To act in too frenzied a way to achieve anything useful • • • Main Entry: ↑circle * * * run round in ˈcircles idiom (informal) to be busy doing sth without achieving anything important or making progress Main entry: ↑circle … Useful english dictionary
run round in circles — People who run round in circles have difficulty in achieving something because of lack of organization. Running round in circles will get us nowhere we need to set up a plan … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
run round in circles — ► go (or run) round in circles informal do something for a long time without achieving anything. Main Entry: ↑circle … English terms dictionary
go (or run) round in circles — informal do something for a long time without achieving anything. → circle … English new terms dictionary
go round in circles — ► go (or run) round in circles informal do something for a long time without achieving anything. Main Entry: ↑circle … English terms dictionary
run around in circles — INFORMAL ► to be very active without achieving any good results: »Peter s been running round in circles since half his department resigned. Main Entry: ↑run … Financial and business terms
Round and round the garden — is a nursery rhyme for infants and toddlers.Words Round and round the garden (Run your index finger around baby s palm.) Went the Teddy Bear, One step, two steps, (Jump your finger up his arm.) Tickle under there. (Tickle him under his arm.)… … Wikipedia
run — run1 [ rʌn ] (past tense ran [ ræn ] ; past participle run) verb *** ▸ 1 move quickly with legs ▸ 2 control/organize ▸ 3 machine: work ▸ 4 liquid: flow ▸ 5 try to be elected ▸ 6 vehicle: travel ▸ 7 be shown/performed ▸ 8 reach amount/rate ▸ 9… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Run Lola Run — Infobox Film name = Run Lola Run caption = German language poster director = Tom Tykwer producer = Stefan Arndt writer = Tom Tykwer starring = Franka Potente Moritz Bleibtreu music = Tom Tykwer Johnny Klimek Reinhold Heil cinematography = Frank… … Wikipedia
round — Synonyms and related words: Attic, Charybdis, Chateaubriand, Ciceronian, Indian file, O, O shaped, SRO, about, absolute, ace, admitting no exception, again, air lane, all but, all over, all out, almost, ambagious, ambit, amount, annular, annular… … Moby Thesaurus
