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what goes round comes round

what goes round comes 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 goes round comes round

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

Words near what goes round comes round in the dictionary

  1. what gives
  2. what go round come round
  3. what goes
  4. what goes around comes around
  5. what goes on
  6. what goes round comes round
  7. what goes up must come down
  8. what good is
  9. what happens in Las Vegas stays in Las Vegas
  10. what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas
  11. what happens on the road stays on the road

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