spread like wildfire

idiom

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

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News of me starting drag again didn’t spread like wildfire. Joey Nolfi Published, EW.com, 10 May 2025 Once on a device, the malware spread like wildfire, jumping to other phones via Bluetooth, USB, and various digital pathways. Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025 Hackers could remotely run malicious code, and the damage spread like wildfire. Camellia Chan, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025 Martin — who praised the other Thrones prequel adaptation, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms — pulled the post within hours, but his words, like everything on the internet, spread like wildfire (the Westerosi kind). Nick Romano, EW.com, 31 Mar. 2025 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 22 May. 2025.

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