full circle

American  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of full circle

1875–80, for literal sense

Example Sentences

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full circle

By night’s end, the evening had come full circle.

From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2026

She said she’d come full circle: “I’m so proud of Jaboo I created him an Instagram account.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

For Liu, who turned 26 in May, returning to the manicured lawns of SW19 brings her tennis journey full circle.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026

"The amount of times I've raced there and the memories I've got, it's like proper full circle stuff so that will be really fun as well."

From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026

Besides, the game of name tag was about to come full circle: By the early 1980s, a group of businesspeople decided that the name Sing Sing might attract tourists.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover