Phrase guide
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verb
To return to a previous location or state; to come back to.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, intransitive
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verb
To return to a previous topic of discussion; to bring up again.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, intransitive
Qualifier: corporate jargon
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verb
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see circle, back.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Alluding to physically making a circle to order to return to one's starting point (as in sense 3).
