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Circle Back

'Let's circle back' — to return to something later, or never — as the corporate phrase that ends a discussion without deciding, and the record's entry for the meeting's favourite verb. Nobody has ever circled back.

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Sighting @stan_twitter_stu · Poster 29 Dec 2020

'Circle back' said eleven times in one forty-minute meeting, counted by the record, about four topics, none of which were returned to.

Memory @quote_tweet_quinn · Poster 9 Oct 2020

Personal note for the archive: I have used Circle Back unironically at least twice this week. Reporting this honestly because the record depends on people admitting it.

Correction @buffering_bea · Archivist 1 Dec 2014

The record spells it one way; the original post spelled it another. I would keep the original, typo and all. The typo is the provenance.

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