make the rounds
Idioms-
Follow a given circuit, as in The watchman makes the rounds every hour , or The gossip soon made the rounds of the school . Versions of this expression, such as go the rounds, follow the rounds, march the rounds , date from about 1600.
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make rounds . Visit each hospitalized patient who is under the care of a specific physician, as in The surgery residents make rounds with their chief every morning . [c. 1900]
Example Sentences
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Investors looking for more stock-market records may get them on Wednesday as fresh hopes of an Iran-war solution make the rounds.
From MarketWatch ● May 6, 2026
They didn’t know what it was when they picked it up, but they figured that scrap metal buyers who make the rounds where they live in northwestern Syria might pay about 30 cents for it.
From New York Times ● Aug. 19, 2023
Go, hit the hallways and make the rounds and talk to people in person.”
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 10, 2023
He came in as a shy teenager but learned to feel comfortable holding conversations with golfers to make the rounds enjoyable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 2, 2023
Even when Maggie and Kate were exhausted, sad, or disinterested, they still had to make the rounds of social functions, whether in Washington, DC, or any city in which they appeared.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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