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go around in circles |
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go around/round in circles if you go round in circles when you are discussing something or trying to achieve something, you do not make any progress because you keep going back to the same subjects or the same problems. I need some more data to work on, otherwise I'm just going round in circles. We can't go round in circles all day - someone will have to make a decision. go around/round in circles also run around/round in circles to use a lot of time and effort trying to do something, without making any progress We spent the whole day running around in circles looking for a document which everyone thought was lost but which wasn't. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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``You can go around in circles,'' notes the Manchester-born Coogan, who has also played very different roles in such American movies as ``Around the World in 80 Days'' and ``Happy Endings,'' but is most famous in Britain for skewering pompous show-biz types, such as his perpetually unprepared TV interviewer, Alan Partridge. There's a reason why people like to watch cars go around in circles. |
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