full circle

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noun

to the original place, source, or state through a cycle of developments (usually used in the phrase come full circle).

Origin of full circle

1875–80, for literal sense

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Related Words for full circle

circuit, cycle, orbit, pass, revolution, go-round

Examples from the Web for full circle

Contemporary Examples of full circle

This full-circle comparative literature process is well represented in modern war writing and recent Arabic fiction.
'Fives and Twenty-Fives' Is Fiction Honed in a Combat Zone
Brian Castner
August 25, 2014
Does it feel like a crazy, full-circle moment for you having wrestled in junior high and high school?
Mark Ruffalo Blasts Iraq’s GOP Warmongers, Talks ‘Begin Again’ and ‘Avengers’
Marlow Stern
June 30, 2014
And the role is, interestingly enough, a full-circle moment for the actress.
Marion Cotillard on Playing a Prostitute in ‘The Immigrant’ and Seducing America
Marlow Stern
May 17, 2014
For Broadway veteran Terri White, it was a full-circle moment.
Broadway's Gay-Marriage Bonanza
Itay Hod
July 30, 2011

Historical Examples of full circle

When the funnel is formed, this becomes a full-circle and should be wide enough to go around your cooking pot.
The BYU Solar Cooker/Cooler
Steven E. Jones