swing round the circle

verb

To make a complete circuit.

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Meanings

verbswing 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)

present singular third person swings round the circle · participle present swinging round the circle · participle past swung round the circle · past swung round the circle

  1. idiomaticTo make a complete circuit.

    He had swung round the circle of theories and systems in which his age abounded, without finding relief.

    1884, Alexander Viets Griswold Allen, The Continuity of Christian Thought
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