go/run around in circlesAROUND/ROUNDto think or argue about something without deciding anything or making progress 原地绕圈子；白忙活，瞎忙go/run around in circles• She jumps up and down and runs around in circles.• That's why there are no solutions and the characters endlessly go around in circles in discussions.• We've got to solve the problem instead of running around in circles, writing letters that never get answered.• I had a tendency to run around in circles getting more and more worked up.
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