do the rounds

Meaning

1. 1

   do / go the rounds (of sth)

   if news or a joke does the rounds, it is passed on quickly from one person to another

2. 2

   do / go the rounds (of sth)

   to go around from place to place, especially when looking for work or support for a political campaign, etc.

In the movies · 5

• She's doing her rounds.Seven Pounds2008
• I was doing rounds for the kids in the cancer ward.Holidate2020
• They won t dig these out like they do with our usual roundsUnderworld2003
• My oncologist said, "Let's do some rounds of chemo, get it in remission, do the stem cell transplant,Be Here Now2015
• You know, I'm just driving around doing my rounds, with nothing but the radio and the occasional dispatch.Remember2015

Learn it in full scenes

• Be Here Now2015
  • Andy Shows His Kids the Sword
  • Andy Wins the Role of Spartacus
  • Andy Whitfield's Cancer Returns

From the same entry

• round about
• next, first, second, time round
• round here
• a millstone around your neck
• in the round
• round off
• round on
• round up
• have been around