to swing round the circle

9.9

To go around the group to hear each person's opinion

phrasal verb

: recoger opiniones

At the end of the workshop, we swing round the circle to hear each participant's thoughts.

Examples

Let's swing round the circle to ensure all perspectives are considered before concluding.
Before making a decision, the manager suggested we swing round the circle for input from everyone.
Let's swing round the circle to hear everyone's thoughts.
After the presentation, the manager will swing round the circle.
At the end of the meeting, we swing round the circle to collect feedback from each team member.
Before finalizing the project, let's swing round the circle to gather everyone's opinions.
The teacher decided to swing round the circle to hear all the students' thoughts on the new topic.

Synonyms

to canvass opinion

vsto swing round the circle

5.0

To ask a group of people for their views

visits each person to gather final comments in turn

How Thorough

to swing round the circle

9.9

to canvass opinion

5.0

to poll

60 2.1

to go around

85 2.3

Surface Forms

swing round the circle infinitive

swinging round the circle present participle

swings round the circle third person singular

swung round the circle past

swung round the circle past participle

Morphology

swing + round + the + circle

The meaning 'to go around a group to collect final opinions' is directly derivable from the parts: 'swing' as a motion/turning verb, 'round' meaning around, and 'circle' meaning a group. This follows a regular motion verb + particle + noun composition, so an average B1 learner who knows the constituents would likely infer the intended meaning.

Etymology

Swing round the circle comes from the picture of someone quickly swinging round a circle of people, turning to each person in turn to hear them speak; imagine a host moving from person to person in a meeting. So it now means 'to go around a group to collect final opinions or comments'.