- spread\ like\ wildfire
- v. phr.To spread uncontrollably and rapidly.
Bad news has a tendency to spread like wildfire.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
spread\ like\ wildfire
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spread like wildfire — {v. phr.} To spread uncontrollably and rapidly. * /Bad news has a tendency to spread like wildfire./ … Dictionary of American idioms
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spread like wildfire — if information spreads like wildfire, a lot of people hear about it in a short period of time The rumour that he had left spread like wildfire … English dictionary
spread like wildfire — verb To spread or disseminate rapidly or uncontrollably. The virus spread like wildfire throughout the Internet … Wiktionary
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