bring (something) full circle

bring (something) full circle

To return something, such as a situation, argument, attitude, or idea, to its original starting position, especially after a long or circuitous series of changes. Increasing dictatorial crackdowns are bringing the country full circle to where things stood before the civil war. At the novel's end, the character's journey is brought full circle to the childhood home where everything started to go wrong.
See also: bring, circle, full
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • go full circle
  • get into an argument
  • get into an argument about (someone or something)
  • get into an argument about (someone or something) with (someone)
  • get into an argument over (someone or something)
  • get into an argument over (someone or something) with (someone)
  • get into an argument with (someone) about (someone or something)
  • wind (one's) way through (something)
  • fall out with (someone) about (something)
  • go out of way