Reader question:
In "take a look at the latest rumors doing the rounds in the city", what does "doing the rounds" mean?
My comments:
Rumors doing the rounds in the city means... Oh, hold on a sec. Let me beat about the bush a bit this time before giving the answer.
"Round", the root word, describes something that is circle-shaped. Football is round, as they say, a cliché pointing to the fickle nature of the game – in other words, you can't predict the result of a game no matter how much stronger one team appears than the other on paper.
The Earth goes round (and round) the Sun, meaning the planet runs circles around the star.
In a single-elimination (meaning losing one game and you are out) sports tournament, players each play one match per round – winners advance to the next round while losers go home.
A round-table meeting is one in which people sit and talk from seats placed round a table.
Is there enough food to go round? That is a question asking whether there's enough for all with no one left out.
When it's your turn to buy everyone a drink at the bar, you say "it's my round."
A traditional family doctor out on his rounds (plural) is one who goes out to make a regular visit to each and every one of his patients.
If a rumor is said to be "doing the rounds in the city" – we're finally getting round to it – it's circulating in town. The message is passed on from one mouth to another and everybody hears it.
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