go/run round in circles
Definition
› to keep doing or talking about the same thing without achieving anything: The discussion kept going round in circles. I've been running round in circles trying to get all the reports finished before the meeting.Repeating an actionSaying againSaying and uttering
(Definition of go/run round in circles from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- bring sth back phrasal verb (DO AGAIN)
- come/go/turn full circle idiom
- comeback noun
- do sth over phrasal verb
- drill verb (PRACTISE)
- dry run noun
- iterative adjective
- keep on doing sth phrasal verb
- keep your eye in idiom
- performance noun (ENTERTAINMENT)
- practice noun (REGULAR ACTIVITY)
- repeat noun
- repeat verb
- repetition noun
- reproduce verb (COPY)
- rerun noun
- revert to sth phrasal verb
- there you go again idiom
- warm sth over phrasal verb
- wave noun (LARGE NUMBER)
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