to spread like wildfire
01
(of news, information, or rumors) to quickly become known by the majority
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Idiom
Informal
例子
The news of the scandal spread like wildfire throughout the company.
Word of the upcoming sale spread like wildfire among bargain hunters.
02
(of a disease or infection) to quickly pass from one person to another
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例子
Once one child in the school has the infection, it spreads like wildfire.
