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come full circle |
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come full circle Fig. to return to the original position or state of affairs. The family sold the house generations ago, but things have come full circle and one of their descendants lives there now. come/go/turn full circle if something or someone has come full circle after changing a lot, they are now the same as they were at the beginning My career has come full circle and I am back at the school where I started out as a teacher thirty years ago. In the meantime her opinions have gone full circle and she has decided to rejoin the party. come full circle to return to the same situation or attitude you originally had I left publishing, tried teaching, and now I've come full circle back to publishing. Usage notes: also used in the form bring something full circle: The film starts in the present, then moves to the past before bringing the story full circle back to the present. 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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``I've seen the stadium go full circle, seen it enclosed when the Rams moved down, and see what they've done to it now,'' said Sense, who had his 3-year-old son, Cody, in tow. Enberg, again recalling the program's beginnings, noted it survived then as an unsponsored club sport, and mused, ``Maybe this is just going to go full circle, and that's what we'll have again. |
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