full circle vs verge

full circle

noun
  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see full, circle. 

  • By extension, when a debate or discussion comes "full circle" when the participants end up going over points already discussed, even though no literal change of orientation is involved. the point at which effort has resulted in no progress. 

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  • An arc of 360 degrees. 

  • A full turn back to the original direction or orientation. a point arrived at which is the same point at which it began; 

adv
  • Through a cycle of transition, returning to where one started after gaining experience or exploring other things. 

  • Through a rotation or revolution that ends at the starting point. 

verge

noun
  • A circumference; a circle; a ring. 

  • A rod or staff of office, e.g. of a verger. 

  • The grassy area between the footpath and the street; a tree lawn; a grassed strip running alongside either side of an outback road. 

  • The stick or wand with which persons were formerly admitted tenants, by holding it in the hand and swearing fealty to the lord. Such tenants were called tenants by the verge. 

  • An edge or border. 

  • An old measure of land: a virgate or yardland. 

  • The spindle of a watch balance, especially one with pallets, as in the old vertical escapement. 

  • The shaft of a column, or a small ornamental shaft. 

  • An extreme limit beyond which something specific will happen. 

  • The eaves or edge of the roof that projects over the gable of a roof. 

verb
  • To be or come very close; to border; to approach. 

  • To bend or incline; to tend downward; to slope. 

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