"go round in circles" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: en-au-go round in circles.ogg [Australia] Forms: goes round in circles [present, singular, third-person], going round in circles [participle, present], went round in circles [past], gone round in circles [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|go<goes,,went,gone> round in circles}} 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. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: go around in circles, go in circles, run in circles Related terms: chase one's tail, talk in circles Translations (To repeatedly do the same thing): donar voltes (Catalan), kiertää ympyrää (Finnish), kiertää kehää (Finnish), tourner en rond (French), dar voltas (Galician), sich im Kreis drehen (German), הלך במעגלים (halákh b'ma'agalím) (Hebrew), nie robić postępów [imperfective] (Polish), ходи́ть по кругу (xodítʹ po krugu) (Russian), топтаться на месте (toptatʹsja na meste) (Russian), dar vueltas (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-go_round_in_circles-en-verb-U1dyDRpK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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