go round in circles

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go round in circles

verb goes round in circles · going round in circles · went round in circles · gone round in circles · go around in circles · go in circles

  1. idiomatic To repeatedly do the same thing without making any progress.

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verb To repeatedly do the same thing

Españoldar vueltas
Françaistourner en rond
Deutschsich im Kreis drehen
Русскийходи́ть по кругу xodítʹ po krugu, топтаться на месте toptatʹsja na meste
עבריתהלך במעגלים halákh b'ma'agalím

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@misc{go_round_in_circles_2026,
  title = {go round in circles},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/go%20round%20in%20circles},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}