make the rounds

English

Alternative forms

do 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)

To circulate from one place to another.
The naked photos of that celebrity have been making the rounds in the tabloids.
(medicine) 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.

Translations

to circulate from one place to another

Chinese:
Mandarin: 傳播 (zh), 传播 (zh) (chuánbō)
Finnish: kiertää (fi)

Maori: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: please add this translation if you can

to go from one place to another

Chinese:
Mandarin: 查房 (zh) (cháfáng) (of doctors), 巡診 (zh), 巡诊 (zh) (xúnzhěn)
Finnish: kiertää (fi)

Maori: āmikumiku
Spanish: please add this translation if you can

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