Communication
go in circles
repeat without progress
To keep discussing or doing the same things without reaching a decision or making progress.
Hear it in real life
Why haven't you chosen a supplier?
We're going in circles over the price.
We went in circles for nearly an hour and still had no decision.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: We went around circles for an hour.
Say: We went in circles for an hour.
The fixed expression uses the preposition "in," not "around."
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
go in circles; be going in circles
Your turn: say it out loud
We went in circles for nearly an hour and still had no decision.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
go in circles
repeat without progress
“We went in circles for nearly an hour and still had no decision.”
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