to make a round of calls

3.2

To call several people by phone one after another

phrasal verb

: hacer una ronda de llamadas

I'll need to make a round of calls to confirm the meeting times.

Examples

The manager asked his assistant to make a round of calls to all the suppliers.
I need to make a round of calls this afternoon.
Every morning, she makes a round of calls to check on her clients.
She made a round of calls yesterday.
Before leaving the office, she made a round of calls to her clients to confirm their appointments.
He made a round of calls to his family to share the good news about his promotion.
After the meeting, the manager made a round of calls to her team members to update them on the project's status.

How Many

to make a round of calls

3.2

to make a call

93 1.0

Surface Forms

make a round of calls infinitive

made a round of calls past

made a round of calls past participle

making a round of calls present participle

makes a round of calls third person singular

Morphology

make + a + round + of + call

The meaning is directly compositional: 'make' = perform, 'a round' = a sequence or turn, and 'of calls' = telephone contacts, so together they denote performing a series of calls. The 'a round of X' pattern meaning 'a sequence of X' is a common, productive construction in English and readily inferable by a B1 learner who knows the constituent words.

Etymology

The phrase make a round of calls comes from the old idea of making a round, 'visiting people one after another' like a doctor or a messenger. Today people do the same round by using the phone to make calls, so it means 'to make a series of phone calls'.