See go round in circles on Wiktionary
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"To repeatedly do the same thing without making any progress."
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"(idiomatic) To repeatedly do the same thing without making any progress."
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"word": "chase one's tail"
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"word": "talk in circles"
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "To repeatedly do the same thing",
"word": "donar voltes"
},
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To repeatedly do the same thing",
"word": "kiertää ympyrää"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "To repeatedly do the same thing",
"word": "kiertää kehää"
},
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "To repeatedly do the same thing",
"word": "tourner en rond"
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "To repeatedly do the same thing",
"word": "dar voltas"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To repeatedly do the same thing",
"word": "sich im Kreis drehen"
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"code": "he",
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"roman": "halákh b'ma'agalím",
"sense": "To repeatedly do the same thing",
"word": "הלך במעגלים"
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"sense": "To repeatedly do the same thing",
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"roman": "xodítʹ po krugu",
"sense": "To repeatedly do the same thing",
"word": "ходи́ть по кругу"
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"roman": "toptatʹsja na meste",
"sense": "To repeatedly do the same thing",
"word": "топтаться на месте"
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"sense": "To repeatedly do the same thing",
"word": "dar vueltas"
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "To repeatedly do the same thing",
"word": "donar voltes"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To repeatedly do the same thing",
"word": "kiertää ympyrää"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "To repeatedly do the same thing",
"word": "kiertää kehää"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "To repeatedly do the same thing",
"word": "tourner en rond"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "To repeatedly do the same thing",
"word": "dar voltas"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "To repeatedly do the same thing",
"word": "sich im Kreis drehen"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "halákh b'ma'agalím",
"sense": "To repeatedly do the same thing",
"word": "הלך במעגלים"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "To repeatedly do the same thing",
"tags": [
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"word": "nie robić postępów"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "xodítʹ po krugu",
"sense": "To repeatedly do the same thing",
"word": "ходи́ть по кругу"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "toptatʹsja na meste",
"sense": "To repeatedly do the same thing",
"word": "топтаться на месте"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "To repeatedly do the same thing",
"word": "dar vueltas"
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"word": "go round in circles"
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