make the rounds

verb

To circulate from one place to another.

“The naked photos of that celebrity have been making the rounds in the tabloids.”

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Meanings

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

present singular third person makes the rounds · participle present making the rounds · participle past made the rounds · past made the rounds · alternative do 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. medicineTo 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.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 傳播 /传播, 查房
  • 傳播 /传播 (chuánbō)to circulate from one place to another
  • 查房 (cháfáng)to go from one place to another
  • 巡診 /巡诊 (xúnzhěn)to go from one place to another
Finnish kiertää, kiertää
  • kiertääto circulate from one place to another
  • kiertääto go from one place to another
French faire le tour, faire une ronde
  • faire le tourto circulate from one place to another
  • faire une rondeto go from one place to another
German die Runde machen
  • die Runde machento circulate from one place to another
Māori āmikumiku
  • āmikumikuto go from one place to another
Polish nieść się, krążyć
  • nieść sięto circulate from one place to another
  • krążyćto circulate from one place to another
  • robić okrążeniato go from one place to another
  • zrobić okrążeniato go from one place to another
Spanish ir de acá para allá, andar de aquí para allí
  • ir de acá para alláto circulate from one place to another
  • andar de aquí para allíto circulate from one place to another
  • ir de la ceca a la mecato circulate from one place to another
  • andar de ceca en mecato circulate from one place to another
  • rondarto circulate from one place to another
  • roldarto circulate from one place to another
  • hacer la rondato go from one place to another
  • pasar revistato go from one place to another
Tagalog mag-ikot-ikot, ikutan
  • mag-ikot-ikotto circulate from one place to another
  • ikutanto circulate from one place to another
  • rumondato circulate from one place to another
  • rumondato go from one place to another
  • mag-ikot-ikotto go from one place to another
Cite this entry
APA

make the rounds. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/make%20the%20rounds

MLA

“make the rounds.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/make%20the%20rounds. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “make the rounds,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/make%20the%20rounds.

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