Idiom
go round in circles
Meaning
To repeatedly do the same thing without making any progress.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“We are going round in circles and not solving anything.”
“The team spent three hours arguing about the budget, but they just went round in circles without reaching a decision.”
“Despite their exhaustive efforts to resolve the dispute, the negotiators found themselves going round in circles, unable to move past the initial points of contention.”
Examples
simple
“We are going round in circles and not solving anything.”
contextual
“The team spent three hours arguing about the budget, but they just went round in circles without reaching a decision.”
complex
“Despite their exhaustive efforts to resolve the dispute, the negotiators found themselves going round in circles, unable to move past the initial points of contention.”
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