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making the rounds

making the rounds is the present participle and gerund 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 making the rounds

What is making the rounds the present participle and gerund of?
Making the rounds is the present participle and gerund of make the rounds.

Words near making the rounds in the dictionary

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

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