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do the rounds

do the rounds is the alternative form of make the rounds.

Meaning of make the rounds

Verb

make the rounds (third-person singular simple present makes the rounds, present participle making the rounds, simple past and past participle made the rounds)

  1. To circulate from one place to another.
    • The naked photos of that celebrity have been making the rounds in the tabloids.
  2. 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.

Forms of do the rounds

third-person singular presentdoes the rounds
present participledoing the rounds
pastdid the rounds
past participledone the rounds

Questions about do the rounds

What is do the rounds the alternative form of?
Do the rounds is the alternative form of make the rounds.

Words near do the rounds in the dictionary

  1. do the nasty
  2. do the needful
  3. do the power of good
  4. do the proper thing
  5. do the right thing
  6. do the rounds
  7. do the talking
  8. do the trick
  9. do the washing-up
  10. do the work
  11. do time

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Adapted from Wiktionary: do the rounds (page history and authors); make the rounds (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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