What Goes Around Comes Around Definition & Meaning

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what goes around comes around Idioms

1. see full circle.

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"All I can say is, what goes around comes around," he added.

From Salon

“I am a firm believer of what goes around, comes around,” he said.

From Washington Times

What goes around, comes around: On Monday, Pacific and ArcLight theaters announced that they would not reopen, and film lovers took to Twitter to express fear that their beloved Cinerama Dome was in imminent danger.

From Los Angeles Times

Unfortunately, our leaders in the Senate fail to realize what goes around comes around.

From Washington Post

“In the old days, they used to say, ‘What goes around, comes around,’ so the old ain’t nothing but the new and new ain’t nothing but the old.

From Washington Times

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