do the rounds

A form of make the rounds — To circulate from one place to another.

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Meanings

verbdo the rounds (third-person singular simple present does the rounds, present participle doing the rounds, simple past did the rounds, past participle done the rounds)

present singular third person does the rounds · participle present doing the rounds · past did the rounds · participle past done the rounds

  1. alternativeAlternative form of make the rounds.

    One bit of political speculation doing the rounds just before Christmas was that having lost the battle last year to kill off HS2 in its entirety, frustrated No. 10 advisers are now determined to settle the score by lopping off the eastern arm.

    2020 December 30, Nigel Harris interviews Mark Thurston, “All eyes are on HS2's eastern leg”, in Rail, page 29
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APA

do the rounds. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/do%20the%20rounds

MLA

“do the rounds.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/do%20the%20rounds. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “do the rounds,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/do%20the%20rounds.

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