Definitions

make the rounds

VERB

nationalize

Synonyms

STRONG

associate club communalize consort entertain fraternize hobnob join league mingle mix

WEAK

chum with get about get around get-together go out hang around with hang out keep company make advances pal around run with tie up with

Antonyms

STRONG

disagree disassociate disconnect disjoin dissociate divide separate sever

VERB

patrol

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cruise inspect safeguard

STRONG

mount police pound range shotgun watch

WEAK

keep guard keep vigil keep watch ride shotgun walk the beat

Antonyms

WEAK

ignore neglect

VERB

socialize

Synonyms

STRONGEST

entertain get around mingle

STRONG

associate club consort fraternize hobnob join league mix

WEAK

chum with get about get-together go out hang around with hang out keep company make advances pal around run with tie up with

Antonyms

STRONG

disagree disassociate disconnect disjoin dissociate divide separate sever

WEAK

exclude shun

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

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

Go, hit the hallways and make the rounds and talk to people in person.”

From Seattle Times • Jul. 10, 2023

Brooks: For truth’s sake, when Kelly and I started to make the rounds with the screenplay that’s the movie, there was a lot of rejection.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2023

A new term began to make the rounds in policy circles, the press, and private conversation: the missile gap.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

make the rounds

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