go round in circles

English

Alternative forms

• go around in circles
• go in circles
• run in circles

Pronunciation

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Verb

go round in circles (third-person singular simple present goes round in circles, present participle going round in circles, simple past went round in circles, past participle gone round in circles)

1. (idiomatic) To repeatedly do the same thing without making any progress.

Translations

To repeatedly do the same thing

• Catalan: donar voltes
• Finnish: kiertää ympyrää, kiertää kehää
• French: tourner en rond (fr)
• Galician: dar voltas
• German: sich im Kreis drehen (de)
• Hebrew: הלך במעגלים (halákh b'ma'agalím)
• Polish: nie robić postępów impf
• Russian: ходи́ть по кругу (ru) (xodítʹ po krugu), топтаться на месте (ru) (toptatʹsja na meste)
• Spanish: dar vueltas

See also

• chase one's tail
• talk in circles