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round and round

adverb

  1. following a circuitous or circular course for a comparatively long time, esp vainly
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Idioms and Phrases

Also, around and around . In circles, as in You've gone round and round with the same argument and we still have no solution . This idiom transfers moving in a circle to mental or verbal activities. [Second half of 1800s]
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Example Sentences

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"We were going round and round in circles," remembers Tom.

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Piles of travel-worn cardboard boxes and pristine instrument cases stood stacked at one end of the cracked asphalt as scores of young performers marched, danced and played in tight formation, round and round the vast expanse.

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She asks if it can spin the other rod, and it too spins round and round.

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"The circle would go round and round," she added.

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Round and round Aileen Cannon has gone down there in Florida, and round and round we go as the clock ticks toward Election Day in November, and where it stops, nobody knows.

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