do the rounds

English

Verb

do the rounds (third-person singular simple present does the rounds, present participle doing the rounds, simple past did the rounds, past participle done the rounds)

1. Alternative form of make the rounds
   • 2020 December 30, Nigel Harris interviews Mark Thurston, “All eyes are on HS2's eastern leg”, in Rail, page 29:

     One bit of political speculation doing the rounds just before Christmas was that having lost the battle last year to kill off HS2 in its entirety, frustrated No. 10 advisers are now determined to settle the score by lopping off the eastern arm.