full circle
- to the original place, source, or state through a cycle of developments (usually used in the phrase come full circle).
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Origin of full circle
1875–80, for literal sense
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Examples from the Web for full circle
Contemporary Examples
This full-circle comparative literature process is well represented in modern war writing and recent Arabic fiction.
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 AmericaMarlow Stern
May 17, 2014
For Broadway veteran Terri White, it was a full-circle moment.
Historical Examples
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/CoolerSteven E. Jones