English Explanatory Dictionary

circle back

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To return to a previous location or state; to come back to.
  2. To return to a previous topic of discussion; to bring up again.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see circle, back.

Word forms

circle back circles back circling back circled back

Etymology

Alluding to physically making a circle to order to return to one's starting point (as in sense 3).

Related words

close the loop
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