spread the word
idiom
: to tell others
People are spreading the word about his book.
Spread the word that we're leaving in five minutes.
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The family used social media to spread the word about the child's condition, and thankfully, 30-year-old Amber Fandrey answered that call, donating her kidney.
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Elle Meyers, CBS News, 15 Dec. 2025
On social media, please spread the word using the hashtag #cincySOTW.
—Caroline Ritzie, Cincinnati Enquirer, 15 Dec. 2025
The blimp, which floated from Nashville to Los Angeles last month, is just the latest in a series of unusual marketing techniques the studio is deploying to spread the word about the film, which is about an aspiring ping-pong champion in post-World War II New York.
—Rebecca Keegan, NBC news, 12 Dec. 2025
Over the next two hours, trainers laid out a roadmap for how to identify immigration agents, film their actions with cellphones and spread the word that arrests are underway.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 5 Dec. 2025
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Elle Meyers, CBS News, 15 Dec. 2025
On social media, please spread the word using the hashtag #cincySOTW.
—Caroline Ritzie, Cincinnati Enquirer, 15 Dec. 2025
The blimp, which floated from Nashville to Los Angeles last month, is just the latest in a series of unusual marketing techniques the studio is deploying to spread the word about the film, which is about an aspiring ping-pong champion in post-World War II New York.
—Rebecca Keegan, NBC news, 12 Dec. 2025
Over the next two hours, trainers laid out a roadmap for how to identify immigration agents, film their actions with cellphones and spread the word that arrests are underway.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 5 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for spread the word
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