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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Leverage their success and enthusiasm for additional marketing media to spread the word to your prospects, who will hopefully join your CAB soon as well.
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Eyal Danon, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
In San Fernando, L.A. Councilmember Monica Rodriguez and San Fernando Vice Mayor Mary Solorio went on Instagram Thursday to spread the word about residents being swept up from the areas around a Home Depot in San Fernando and a Costco in Pacoima, in hopes of alerting their families.
—Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2025
So the school leader has started taking photos for social media to spread the word.
—Jackie Valley, Christian Science Monitor, 18 June 2025
Coleman hopes Clark will learn about the sale of this card… but only to spread the word about the good Coleman hopes to bring with the lucrative boon.
—Larry Holder, New York Times, 17 June 2025
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Eyal Danon, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
In San Fernando, L.A. Councilmember Monica Rodriguez and San Fernando Vice Mayor Mary Solorio went on Instagram Thursday to spread the word about residents being swept up from the areas around a Home Depot in San Fernando and a Costco in Pacoima, in hopes of alerting their families.
—Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2025
So the school leader has started taking photos for social media to spread the word.
—Jackie Valley, Christian Science Monitor, 18 June 2025
Coleman hopes Clark will learn about the sale of this card… but only to spread the word about the good Coleman hopes to bring with the lucrative boon.
—Larry Holder, New York Times, 17 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for spread the word
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“Spread the word.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spread%20the%20word. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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