Usually means: Continuous, repetitive circular motion pattern.
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General (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. round and round: Collins English Dictionary
  2. round and round: Wiktionary
  3. Round and Round (Aerosmith song), Round and Round (New Order song), Round and Round (Ratt song), Round and Round (Tevin Campbell song), Round and Round, Round and round: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  4. round and round: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. round and round: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. round and round: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (round and round)

▸ adverb:  In a repeated circular motion.
▸ adverb:  (figurative) Following the same course repeatedly in vain.

Similar:
around and around, circularly, circularwise, roundly, circlingly, loopingly, rotationally, repetitively, over and over, again and again, more...

Opposite:
straight, linear, direct, unidirectional

Types:
cyclical, spiral, circular, orbital, more...

Phrases:
going round and round, go round and round, round and round in circles, more...

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Similar:
around and around, circularly, circularwise, roundly, circlingly, loopingly, rotationally, repetitively, over and over, again and again, more...

Opposite:
straight, linear, direct, unidirectional

Types:
cyclical, spiral, circular, orbital, more...

Phrases:
going round and round, go round and round, round and round in circles, more...



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