# full circle

idiom

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/full-circle
Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

Through a cycle of transition, returning to where one started after gaining experience or exploring other things.

## 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.

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