come full circle

come full circle
come full circle
Fig. to return to the original position or state of affairs. •

The family sold the house generations ago, but things have come full circle and one of their descendants lives there now.

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{v. phr.}, {informal} 1. To become totally opposed to one's own earlier conviction on a given subject. * /Today's conservative businessperson has come full circle from former radical student days./ 2. To change and develop, only to end up where one started. * /From modern permissiveness, ideas about child raising have come full circle to the views of our grandparents./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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