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Go Around in Circles

MEANING IN ENGLISH

To spend time and energy debating or doing things without making any real progress

In context

01

The hiring committee went around in circles for hours arguing over whether culture fit mattered more than technical skill.

02

Instead of going around in circles during your interview answers, get straight to the impactful results of your past projects.

Synonyms

Spin one's wheels,make no headway,stall

Antonyms

Make rapid progress,advance steadily,reach a conclusion

Collocations

keep going around in circles,discussions go around in circles

Sources

Bidyazo vocabulary library ↗