Thread: сходили по бабам

Originally Posted by John_Douglas

This phrase seems kind of odd to me.

сходили being the perfective form suggests a single trip
по бабам suggests going to multiple girls

So does it mean they went to a single place and met multiple girls?

Can you say something like мы сходили по музеям? I don't think so (but maybe I'm wrong).

You can say:
- Мы ходили по музеям;
- Мы сходили в музей;
- Мы ходили в музей;
but "Мы сходили по музеям" is not correct.