circle back

idiom

: to return
I circled back to the house to get my briefcase.

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Pastrnak made the bad decision to circle back in the neutral zone toward his own blue line and was the last man back when his pass attempt was blocked by Arturri Lehkonen, who sent MacKinnon in on a partial breakaway. Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 2025 There's a never-ending cycle in home design and fashion: Once-popular styles fall out of favor, and then circle back again in a few years. Shivani Vyas, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Oct. 2025 Let’s see what Daniel Jones does and circle back next week. J.j. Bailey, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025 If products are merchandised poorly, no one will want to purchase it and money will not circle back to fisheries and the Alaskan economy could suffer. Andrew Watman, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for circle back

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“Circle back.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/circle%20back. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.

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