run round in circles

run (a)round in circles

To waste one's time and energy engaging in trivial, aimless, or futile activities. I tried to get an outline drafted for my thesis, but my ideas were so jumbled in my head that I just kept running round in circles. The committee spent all afternoon trying to come up with a new PR proposal, but they ran around in circles the whole time.

run round in circles

be fussily busy with little result. informal

词组	run round in circles
释义	run round in circles run (a)round in circles To waste one's time and energy engaging in trivial, aimless, or futile activities. I tried to get an outline drafted for my thesis, but my ideas were so jumbled in my head that I just kept running round in circles. The committee spent all afternoon trying to come up with a new PR proposal, but they ran around in circles the whole time. See also: circle, run Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. run round in circles be fussily busy with little result. informal See also: circle, round, run Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary See also: run (a)round in circles run around in circles go (a)round in circles go around in circles go round in circles be running around in circles run in circles putter putter about putter around
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