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Definition

To return to a previous location or state; to come back to.

To return to a previous topic of discussion; to bring up again.

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Origins

Alluding to physically making a circle to order to return to one's starting point (as in sense 3).

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In Context

  • "I have to circle back to the office to pick up a few things."
  • "Well, a Palm Springs property known as Elvis Presley's honeymoon retreat has circled back on the market at $3.2 million – the same price as early this year."
  • "My goal is to hit "Amazing" by 7 a.m., which allows me to circle back to the puzzle all day, pick, pick, picking until I hit "Genius.""
  • "We eat dinner at 6 every day. I'm not proud of this, but I circle back to my work after dinner to get done what I need to do."
  • "We're out of time right now, but we can circle back on this tomorrow."
  • "It seems the phone numbers may be inoperative and some people may be in hiding, so I think we're going to be circling back with the government to check those numbers."
  • "I will circle back to the meteorology of this event in a moment."
  • "“Breathe a minute. Relax. Say the magic words: you need to take a beat, and then you'll circle back.”"
  • ""We will circle back on that" was all Victor Escalon of the Texas Department of Public Safety had to say at a press conference Thursday when asked what, exactly, police were doing between 11:30 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. while an armed man was inside an elementary school classroom killing children."