circle back

idiom

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

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Riders of the 10-mile course will circle back to downtown from Memorial Park, and 20-mile riders will continue west and turn around in the Tanglewood neighborhood. Jay R. Jordan, Axios, 4 Feb. 2025 This is an excellent time to dive deep into a subject that once fascinated you, whether through a course or an inspiring conversation — circle back! Valerie Mesa, People.com, 3 Feb. 2025 Teams may circle back to the Heat closer to the Feb. 6 deadline if other plays don’t come to fruition or their desperation increases (see below for some candidates), but Miami may be stuck with its Jimmy Butler problem for a while. John Hollinger, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025 Astronomers originally estimated the comet to circle back in about 80,000 years, but as of October 14, observational data revealed the comet had a new path that could remove it from our solar system completely. Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 20 Oct. 2024 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 22 Feb. 2025.

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