v. To bang one's head against the wall (literally or figuratively) while going around in circles dealing with obstinate entities on some endeavor.
I had to go to my boss, then accounting, legal, back to accounting, back to my boss, to operations, legal, and back to my boss again on this project. I've been banging my head in circles all afternoon. <bang (one's) head in circles>
When you are playing a sport or anything competitive, and you are playing against somebody. And you or they start trash talking, giving looks, or playing tryhard and making them or you mad. And they let their anger get to them while playing in the game so they can’t focus.