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makes the rounds

makes the rounds is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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.

Questions about makes the rounds

What is makes the rounds the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Makes the rounds is the third-person singular simple present indicative of make the rounds.

Words near makes the rounds in the dictionary

  1. makes the grade
  2. makes the headlines
  3. makes the news
  4. makes the passes
  5. makes the perfect the enemy of the good
  6. makes the rounds
  7. makes the running
  8. makes the weather
  9. makes the welkin ring
  10. makes the world go around
  11. makes the wrong turn at Albuquerque

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