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what go round come round

what go round come round is the alternative form of what goes around comes around.

Meaning of what goes around comes around

Proverb

what goes around comes around

  1. A person's actions, whether good or bad, will often have consequences for that person.
    • So lonely in your bed / Does breakin' me make you feel good? / Guess you don't understand / What goes around, comes around2020, Ava Max, Madison Love, Måns Wredenberg, Noonie Bao, Cirkut, Linus Wiklund, “Who's Laughing Now”, in Heaven & Hell, performed by Ava Max
  2. Things repeat in cycles.
    • Unfortunately, the main proposal in the current XML era bears a striking resemblance to the CODASYL proposal from the early 1970’s, which failed because of its complexity. Hence, the current era is replaying history, and “what goes around comes around”. Hopefully the next era will be smarter.2005, Michael Stonebraker, Joseph M. Hellerstein, “What Goes Around Comes Around”, in Joseph M. Hellerstein, Michael Stonebraker, editors, Readings in Database Systems, 4th edition, →ISBN, page 2

Questions about what go round come round

What is what go round come round the alternative form of?
What go round come round is the alternative form of what goes around comes around.

Words near what go round come round in the dictionary

  1. what else is new
  2. what foot the shoe is on
  3. what for
  4. what fors
  5. what gives
  6. what go round come round
  7. what goes
  8. what goes around comes around
  9. what goes on
  10. what goes round comes round
  11. what goes up must come down

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