go full circle

go full circle

To return to the original or very similar position, situation, or attitude at which things began, especially after a long or circuitous series of changes. After dreaming of a career in politics as a young child, and then spending her college years as a staunch political dissident, Carrie has gone full circle and now serves as her state's representative in Congress. The novel goes full circle by the end, with the errant prince reclaiming his rightful place on the throne.
See also: circle, full, go
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

come/go full ˈcircle

after a long period of changes, return to the position or situation in which something/you started: The wheel of fashion has come full circle. I was wearing shoes like that thirty years ago.
See also: circle, come, full, go
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

full circle, come/go

The cycle is completed. This expression, probably originated by Shakespeare in King Lear (“The wheel is come full circle,” 5.3), has been used ever since to describe a situation in which events run their course and things end much as they began.
See also: come, full, go
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
See also:
  • bring (something) full circle
  • devil-may-care attitude
  • (the) Dunkirk spirit
  • wind (one's) way through (something)
  • go out of (one's) way (to do something)
  • go out of one's way
  • go out of way
  • go out of your way
  • cop an attitude
  • stoop to conquer
References in periodicals archive
"I'm hoping that with the growing online competition businesses are having with each other, it'll go full circle and the High Street will flourish once again."
Sue Williams, of NRW, said: "It is fantastic to see the Acorn Antics campaign go full circle."
Talking to the press after the Beermen's victory over Alaska Aces in their PBA Commissioner's Cup semis series, Balkman bared that at first, he had tempered goals - far from the idea of letting his story go full circle with the Beermen through a title.
With the launch of Huawei Y Series 2018, the company aims to go full circle by bringing its flagship features to more people.
Doing so would see him go full circle after starting his career as a player with an equaliser against the Bankies as Saints raced to the 1997 First Division title.
Addressing a press conference at Mansoora on Wednesday, he said that the nation wanted accountability to go full circle. He said that the petition filed by the JI in the Supreme Court had also mentioned the names of 436 other persons named in the Panama leaks besides the former Prime Minister.
MEMBERS of boybands tend to go full circle - Robbie Williams is an example of that.
Work on the training ground was always tough though and during my career I saw pre-season tours go full circle to the way they were when I started.
This week the Wales Co-operative Centre launched a campaign called Go Full Circle to encourage people to support social enterprises.
"Things go full circle. I've played enough cricket to realise that and it's important not to focus on that too much and move on.
Then the Government might be prompted to go full circle to ween us off Mother's Ruin and re-instate the Beer Act of 1830 that abolished all duty on beer and allowed any ratepayer to buy a licence for two guineas to sell beer or cider.
His career will go full circle on Saturday when he returns to face Rangers but admits he is surprised he is still with the Ayrshire outfit.
"We'd like to go full circle and do an intervention - to clean up some of the problems in the mouth and then see if the inflammatory markers go down," he added.
She said: "I have seen teaching methods go full circle.
Having done several books that treat the pictures in a more precious way gave me the freedom to go full circle in the new book, to pursue a certain flow that's similar to that in the first one.