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"She _______ed around campus, stopping at each familiar classroom to deliver a farewell gift to her teachers."
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3Are you looking for toured, or did the rounds?– Dan BronCommented May 7, 2016 at 15:28
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3ran errands, shuttled?– NVZ ♦Commented May 7, 2016 at 15:43
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1She "walked" if she walked and "ran" if she "ran". She "moved'.– user140086Commented May 7, 2016 at 15:45
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1Was she in a vehicle, bicycle? Walked, ran, hurried, strolled, stormed?– NVZ ♦Commented May 7, 2016 at 15:46
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1+1 for shuttled, I think that is an answer. Go, stop, go, stop, etc.– Phil SweetCommented May 7, 2016 at 16:01
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make/go the rounds
She made her rounds around campus, stopping at each familiar classroom to deliver a farewell gift to her teachers."
*make/go the rounds*
1. To go from place to place, as on business or for entertainment:
- a delivery truck making the rounds
- students going the rounds in the entertainment district.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/rounds
Additionally, in the health care space, rounding is the act of a nurse or practitioner who checks up on patients at regular intervals.
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1I would have said She made her rounds of the campus... to avoid repetition of round in around.– WS2Commented May 7, 2016 at 16:47
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Would there be anything wrong with saying:
She went around campus, stopping at each familiar classroom...?
Or is that too simple?
If you want to and are okay with it, you can squeeze a term from a technical field into regular conversation.
Try Milk run - a round trip that facilitates either distribution or collection.
Wikipedia link for milk run Also, search it and look around a bit.
You can try ramble.
To walk casually or leisurely.
This is number #2 meaning here with an example sentence: [She] rambled over to the neighbor's house.
This clearly shows intented action.
From Oxford dictionary:
Walk for pleasure, typically without a definite route.
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@MartinSmith I was under the impression that the three numbered meanings are exclusive (logical OR between them, and not AND).– MatsmathCommented May 7, 2016 at 15:28
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2@Matsmath When there are multiple definitions, it's more useful for you to post just the one you're focusing on than to include ones that are irrelevant.– LawrenceCommented May 7, 2016 at 15:33
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1Even if so we have no particular reason to think that (2) or (3) apply anyway.To me "walk for pleasure in the countryside." would be more what rambling conjurs up anyway. Definitely not “moving place to place, stopping at each to make a delivery” Commented May 7, 2016 at 15:34
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@MartinSmith: That is a noun, you are quoting. I have improved my answer.– MatsmathCommented May 7, 2016 at 15:39
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1Rats, I take that back. I am somewhat surprised how the american English and [british] English pages are different: oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/ramble vs oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/ramble.– MatsmathCommented May 7, 2016 at 15:41
Consider, she hopped around campus, stopping at each familiar classroom to deliver a farewell gift to her teachers.
hop
informal pass quickly from one place to another.
The usual (cliched?) phrasing would employ 'circulate':
She circulated around campus, stopping at each familiar classroom to deliver a farewell gift to her teachers.
In this sense, 'circulate' is intransitive, and has this meaning:
- To move around, as from person to person or place to place,
(American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. S.v. "circulated." Retrieved May 7 2016 from http://www.thefreedictionary.com/circulated )
Your delivery connotations invoke a resonance with another--here indirect--transitive meaning of 'circulate':
- to cause to pass from place to place, person to person, etc.; disseminate; distribute.
(Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary. S.v. "circulated." Retrieved May 7 2016 from http://www.thefreedictionary.com/circulated )
