swing round the circle

English

Verb

swing round the circle (third-person singular simple present swings round the circle, present participle swinging round the circle, simple past and past participle swung round the circle)

  1. (idiomatic) To make a complete circuit.
    • 1884, Alexander Viets Griswold Allen, The Continuity of Christian Thought:
      He had swung round the circle of theories and systems in which his age abounded, without finding relief.
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