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make the rounds

make the rounds verb: to circulate from one place to another.

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.

make the rounds meaning in Tagalog

make the rounds in Tagalog

to circulate from one place to another
mag-ikot-ikot, ikutan, rumonda
to go from one place to another
rumonda, mag-ikot-ikot

Forms of make the rounds

third-person singular presentmakes the rounds
present participlemaking the rounds
past participlemade the rounds
pastmade the rounds
alternative formdo the rounds

Questions about make the rounds

What does make the rounds mean?
Make the rounds means to circulate from one place to another.
What is make the rounds in Tagalog?
Make the rounds in Tagalog is mag-ikot-ikot, ikutan, rumonda. See Make the rounds meaning in Tagalog.
What part of speech is make the rounds?
Make the rounds is a verb.
What is the past tense of make the rounds?
The past tense of make the rounds is made the rounds.

Words near make the rounds in the dictionary

  1. make the news
  2. make the passes
  3. make the perfect the enemy of the good
  4. make the riffle
  5. make the road shorter
  6. make the rounds
  7. make the running
  8. make the weather
  9. make the welkin ring
  10. make the world go around
  11. make the world go round

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