round and round

British

adverb

following a circuitous or circular course for a comparatively long time, esp vainly

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round and round Idioms

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]

Example Sentences

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Everything I looked at was going round and round and round.

From Literature

So Jack packed his baby into his boat and sailed round and round the world, just in case Nim’s mother came back up out of the ocean somewhere else and didn’t know where to find them.

From Literature

"We just go round and round in circles."

From BBC

The processing icon circles slowly round and round.

From Literature

She kicked and fought, turning upside down and round and round in the water until she didn’t know which way was up.

From Literature

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