round and round
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round and round
adverb around and around
- In a repeated circular motion. The whole economy of this dance consists in turning round and round the room in a certain measured step ; and it is truly astonishing that this continued revolution does not set all their heads swimming like a top ; but I have been positively assured that it only occasions a gentle sensation which i
- Following the same course repeatedly in vain. Instances were known of people who, being asked to dine at Todgers’s, had travelled round and round for a weary time, with its very chimney–pots in view ; and finding it, at last, impossible of attainment, had gone home again with a gentle melancholy on their spirits, tranquil and uncomplaining.
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adv in a repeated circular motion
| Deutsch | immer wieder herum (um etwas) |
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adv (fig.) following the same course repeatedly in vain
| Deutsch | herum |
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