run around in circles

1. see go around, def. 4; run rings around.

Example Sentences

“You know why dogs run around in circles? Because it’s too hard to run in squares.”

From Literature

All he can do now is run around in circles in a closed room that is quickly becoming smaller and smaller.

From Salon

Meanwhile, the rest of the Republican establishment continues to run around in circles clucking furiously like a brood of barnyard hens, trying to keep Trump and his cultlike following happy.

From Salon

I’ll reply from my living room in Houston, lying upside down on the sofa, watching my dog run around in circles.

From New York Times

Yet generally, these dancers seem less like kamikaze street warriors than scampering puppies, who like nothing more than to run around in circles and wriggle on their backs.

From New York Times