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
Jokes of offerings make the rounds each spring, though Eberle said he hasn’t seen that happen personally.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 13, 2023
So the director flew to Los Angeles to make the rounds.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 30, 2023
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
Mr. Post, having completed his duties, is putting on his hat and coat to make the rounds in the truck.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
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