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run in circles

run in circles is the alternative form of go round in circles.

Meaning of go round in circles

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.

Forms of run in circles

third-person singular presentruns in circles
present participlerunning in circles
pastran in circles
past participlerun in circles

Questions about run in circles

What is run in circles the alternative form of?
Run in circles is the alternative form of go round in circles.

Words near run in circles in the dictionary

  1. run hands
  2. run high
  3. run hot
  4. run hot and cold
  5. run in
  6. run in circles
  7. run in the family
  8. run in with
  9. run ins
  10. run interference
  11. run into

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Adapted from Wiktionary: run in circles (page history and authors); go round in circles (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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