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British Dictionary definitions for round and round

round and round

adverb, preposition
  1. following a circuitous or circular course for a comparatively long time, esp vainly
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Historical Examples

  • I have got a sort of up-and-down and round-and-round feeling.

    Daddy's Girl

    L. T. Meade

Idioms and Phrases with round and round

round and round

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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