Communication
go round in circles
make no progress
To keep discussing or thinking about something without reaching a decision or solution.
Hear it in real life
Have you decided where to go?
No, we're just going round in circles.
We spent the whole afternoon going round in circles.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: We spent the whole afternoon going round on circles.
Say: We spent the whole afternoon going round in circles.
Learners may substitute “on” for “in” when recalling the preposition in this fixed phrase.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
go round in circles; be going round in circles
Your turn: say it out loud
We spent the whole afternoon going round in circles.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
go round in circles
make no progress
“We spent the whole afternoon going round in circles.”
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