come full circle

Meaning: To return (figuratively) to a point where one has been before.

Language: English

Literally: (Already vivid in English)

Category: Daily Life

Origin: The expression suggests that in creating a full circle, one returns to the starting point.

More idioms — Daily Life

• come home to roost — To return to cause trouble.
• come out of one's shell — To stop being shy.
• come out smelling like a rose — To avoid blame that one deserves; to seem innocent.
• cool one's heels — To wait.
• cornered — Trapped with no means of escape.
• cream of the crop — The best.

More English idioms

• clown around — To act silly.
• come off it! — A response to a statement that cannot be believed (sentence 1) or a behavior that must be…
• cross one's fingers — To hope for luck.
• cry uncle — To admit defeat.
• cut and dried — Routine (sentence 1) or clear and unequivocal (sentence 2).
• cut corners — To do things poorly or incompletely in order to save money.

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