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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

swing round the circle en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) To make a complete circuit.
    • He had swung round the circle of theories and systems in which his age abounded, without finding relief. 1884, Alexander Viets Griswold Allen, The Continuity of Christian Thought:

Forms

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swung round the circle Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
swung round the circle Tense=Past lexicographic
swings round the circle Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
swinging round the circle Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic