Usually means: Chaotic display with multiple acts.
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  1. three-ring circus: Merriam-Webster
  2. three-ring circus: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. three-ring circus: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. three-ring circus, three-ring circus: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. three-ring circus: Wiktionary
  7. three-ring circus: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. three-ring circus: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. three-ring circus: Dictionary.com
  10. three-ring circus: Rhymezone
  11. three-ring circus: FreeDictionary.org
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Definitions from Wiktionary (three-ring circus)

noun:  A large circus in which three separate performances, each within its own circular enclosure, are staged simultaneously before a single audience.
noun:  (idiomatic, by extension) A disorderly, complicated, rapidly changing situation or set of events, which is a source of bewilderment, amazement, or amusement.

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