full circles
Returns to start
Full circles describes a return to an original starting point or condition after a series of changes.
The phrase almost always appears with "come": We've come full circles—though the singular come full circle is standard and far more common.
The plural form occasionally appears when describing multiple instances of cyclical return or completion.
- entiretyThe whole of something
- roundnessState of being curved
- wholenessComplete, undivided state
- perfectionAbsence of any fault
- loopsSelf-crossing curved shapes
conclusion · karma · circuits · déjà vu · cycle · closure · anniversaries · poetic justice · coming around · reconciliation · homecoming · nostalgia · continuity · ouroboros · rebirth · totality · redemption · returns
full circlesunfinished business
Incomplete matters requiring attention
loose ends · open endings · dead ends · points of no return · tangents
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