round and round

British  

adverb

1. following a circuitous or circular course for a comparatively long time, esp vainly

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round and round Idioms  

1. Also, around and around. In circles, as in You've gone round and round with the same argument and we still have no solution. This idiom transfers moving in a circle to mental or verbal activities. [Second half of 1800s]

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Example Sentences

She kicked and fought, turning upside down and round and round in the water until she didn’t know which way was up.

From Literature

The sight of her littlest pupil looking like a proper Swanburne girl warmed Penelope’s heart, and Cassiopeia was so proud she twirled in circles, auburn pigtails whipping ’round and ’round, until she was dizzy and had to stop.

From Literature

“And oopsie, whoopsie, here comes the TOT,” Penelope sang, swinging the loop of twine ’round and ’round above herself like a lasso.

From Literature

Feeling as helpless and lost as if she had just been named It in a game of pin the tail on the elk, had a kerchief tied across her eyes, and been spun ’round and ’round so she could not tell right from left, Penelope allowed the Incorrigible children to lead her blindly into the dark.

From Literature

And yet, she thought a few moments later, there was something about the way Judge Quinzy helped Beowulf onto the velocipede, and then held on as the boy got his bearings and began to scoot ’round and ’round the carriage, laughing, while the judge clapped his hands and called out phrases of encouragement, that—in her admittedly limited experience of such things—could only be described as fatherly.

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