make the rounds
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Verb[edit]
make the rounds (third-person singular simple present makes the rounds, present participle making the rounds, simple past and past participle made the rounds)
- To circulate from one place to another.
- The naked photos of that celebrity have been making the rounds in the tabloids.
- (medicine) To go from one place to another for a particular reason.
- The doctors at the hospital check on the patients when they make the rounds at nine o'clock.
Translations[edit]
to circulate from one place to another
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to go from one place to another
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Further reading[edit]
- “make the rounds”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “make the rounds”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “make the rounds” (US) in Macmillan English Dictionary.