do the rounds

Make regular visits

To do the rounds is to circulate through a series of places or people.

A doctor does the rounds visiting patients; a security guard does the rounds checking doors.

News or gossip that does the rounds spreads from person to person: The rumor did the rounds of the office by lunchtime.

Also *make the rounds* in American English.

Related

water cooler · spread · go viral · share · canvassing · transmit · broadcast · mingling · leaking · patrol · door · catching up · networking · meet and greet · clipboard · ward · socializing · bed

Opposites
movement pattern

do the roundsstay put

Remain in place

stand still · hold position · hunker down · settle in · stay home

social circulation

do the roundskeep to oneself

Remain private about something

isolate · withdraw · stay home · hole up · retreat

information/content spread

do the roundsdie out

Cease to exist entirely

fizzle out · go nowhere · stay quiet

Family

does, done, doer, doers, undo, undone, round, rounds, rounded

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