round and round


adverb, preposition

following a circuitous or circular course for a comparatively long time, esp vainly

Example sentences from the Web for round and round

  • I have got a sort of up-and-down and round-and-round feeling.

    Daddy's Girl |L. T. Meade

Idioms and Phrases with round and round

round and round

Also, around and around. In circles, as in You've gone round and round with the same argument and we still have no solution. This idiom transfers moving in a circle to mental or verbal activities. [Second half of 1800s]