spread like wildfire

idiom

: to become known very quickly
The news spread like wildfire.

Examples of spread like wildfire in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Some features were easier to confirm than others, as photoshopped versions of the billboards spread like wildfire on TikTok and X. The fake billboards advertised features with everyone from Rosalía to internet personality Trisha Paytas (both, obviously, not featured). Thania Garcia, Variety, 4 Oct. 2024 News spread like wildfire on social media: Liam Payne, former member of the boy band One Direction, had died after falling from a third-floor hotel room. Billboard Argentina, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019 The post spread like wildfire across social media, racking up tens of thousands of reactions and shares. Jenzia Burgos, StyleCaster, 5 Oct. 2024 While these items have actually been available at Walmart since the beginning of September, the word spread like wildfire once the food obsessed Instagram account, @SnackOLater posted about these sought after items about a week later. Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Southern Living, 19 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for spread like wildfire 

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“Spread like wildfire.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spread%20like%20wildfire. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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