Corporate jargon translator
The phrase
“Let's circle back on this”
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What it actually means
This decision is being indefinitely postponed. No one wants to own it. The phrase 'circle back' is where ideas go to quietly die.
Context
Usually said in meetings when a topic is politically inconvenient or when nobody has done the work yet.
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