1. circle back - Verb
2. circle back - Phrase
(idiomatic) To return to a previous location or state; to come back to.
I have to circle back to the office to pick up a few things.
(idiomatic, corporate jargon) To return to a previous topic of discussion; to bring up again.
We're out of time right now, but we can circle back on this tomorrow.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see circle, back.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgI think many of my books, including "Handle with Care," including "My Sister's Keeper" circle back to how far are we willing to go for the people we love? I think love changes the way we think. It's the thing that takes you out of what your normal set of beliefs would be. Jodi Picoult
Childhood is such a delicate tissue; what they had done this morning could snag somewhere in the little ones, make a dull, small pain that will circle back again and again, and hurt them in small ways for the rest of their lives. Lauren Groff