around and around



around and around

1. Literally, in a circle. I've been walking around and around the parking lot, and I still can't find my car. Look at the ballerina twirling around and around!
2. In a circuitous, indirect fashion, without an end or satisfactory result. We've gone around and around with the insurance company, and they still haven't paid our claim.
See also: and, around

around and around

in a circle round and round The skater twirled around and around, faster and faster.
Related vocabulary: go around and around
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Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Esaias-Biblical Greek, Biblical Latin
InnocentIN-ə-sənt (English)History
Mcdermott[mək'dɜ:mət]
ÉRico-Portuguese
PatiencePAY-shəntsEnglish
ErnoER-noFinnish