to spread like wildfire

Definición y Significado de "spread like wildfire"

to spread like wildfire

(of news, information, or rumors) to quickly become known by the majority

Idiom

Informal

Example

The news of the scandal spread like wildfire throughout the company.

Word of the upcoming sale spread like wildfire among bargain hunters.

(of a disease or infection) to quickly pass from one person to another

Example

Once one child in the school has the infection, it spreads like wildfire.

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