put/get the word out
idiom
: to let people know
The police put/got the word out that they were looking for him.
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Happy to get the word out about this horrible scam.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025
Citizens of both countries can mobilize, providing support in-kind, by volunteering or by helping get the word out in order to keep these shelters.
—Frida Guiza, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
To get the word out to the general public, the company recently hired its first celebrity brand ambassadors, Super Bowl Champion Matthew Stafford and his wife, podcaster Kelly Stafford, to talk about their estate planning experience in a national TV commercial.
—Riley De León, CNBC, 11 Mar. 2025
To further get the word out, DeNies has held three meetings at the YMCA — two the morning of March 24 and another the evening of March 27.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2025
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025
Citizens of both countries can mobilize, providing support in-kind, by volunteering or by helping get the word out in order to keep these shelters.
—Frida Guiza, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
To get the word out to the general public, the company recently hired its first celebrity brand ambassadors, Super Bowl Champion Matthew Stafford and his wife, podcaster Kelly Stafford, to talk about their estate planning experience in a national TV commercial.
—Riley De León, CNBC, 11 Mar. 2025
To further get the word out, DeNies has held three meetings at the YMCA — two the morning of March 24 and another the evening of March 27.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for put/get the word out
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“Put/get the word out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/put%2Fget%20the%20word%20out. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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