"make the rounds" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: makes the rounds [present, singular, third-person], making the rounds [participle, present], made the rounds [participle, past], made the rounds [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|make<,,made> the rounds}} make the rounds (third-person singular simple present makes the rounds, present participle making the rounds, simple past and past participle made the rounds)
  1. To circulate from one place to another. Translations (to circulate from one place to another): 傳播 (Chinese Mandarin), 传播 (chuánbō) (Chinese Mandarin), kiertää (Finnish), faire le tour (French), die Runde machen (German), ir de acá para allá (Spanish), ir de aquí para allí (Spanish), ir de la Ceca a la Meca (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-make_the_rounds-en-verb-WarhBci1 Disambiguation of 'to circulate from one place to another': 80 20
  2. (medicine) To go from one place to another for a particular reason. Categories (topical): Medicine Synonyms: do the rounds Translations (to go from one place to another): 查房 (cháfáng) (note: of doctors) (Chinese Mandarin), 巡診 (Chinese Mandarin), 巡诊 (xúnzhěn) (Chinese Mandarin), kiertää (Finnish), faire une ronde (French), āmikumiku (Maori), hacer la ronda (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-make_the_rounds-en-verb-clFyCcm8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 82 Topics: medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'to go from one place to another': 29 71

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      "word": "kiertää"
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      "sense": "to go from one place to another",
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      "sense": "to go from one place to another",
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