full circle, come



full circle, come

Also, go full circle. Complete an entire cycle; return to the original position or condition. For example, After a whole year of debate we have come full circle on this issue. Shakespeare may have originated this expression in King Lear (5:3): "The wheel is come full circle." A 20th-century idiom with a similar meaning is what goes around comes around, as in I knew if I helped her now, she would help me later-what goes around comes around.
See also: come, full

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Keziakə-ZIE-ə (English)Biblical
Sultana-Arabic
Roan-Frisian
Gall-History
KaetyKAY-teeEnglish (Rare)
MairÉAd-Irish