Idiom
full circle
Meaning
Through a cycle of transition, returning to where one started after gaining experience or exploring other things.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“After years of traveling, he has come full circle and returned home.”
“She started her career as an intern at this company and, after leading other firms, she has come full circle as its new CEO.”
“The artist’s career came full circle when he returned to the simple charcoal sketches that defined his early work, now enriched by decades of complex experience.”
Examples
simple
“After years of traveling, he has come full circle and returned home.”
contextual
“She started her career as an intern at this company and, after leading other firms, she has come full circle as its new CEO.”
complex
“The artist’s career came full circle when he returned to the simple charcoal sketches that defined his early work, now enriched by decades of complex experience.”
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