To spread like wildfire informal verb phrase figurative common
To swiftly and widely disseminate, circulate, or propagate.
The scarcity of clean water causes diseases to spread like wildfire in this region.
With the disease spreading like wildfire, celebrations and mass gatherings should be deferred.
Rumours began to spread like wildfire that the chairman was going to resign.
To propagate rumors.
1. To go around a place or area.
2. To circulate news, rumors, etc.
3. To spread diseases.
4. To begin and carry out some task.
5. To put on a particular outfit in public.
1. To lie or recline outside, particularly in order to sunbathe.
2. To place something on a flat surface.
3. To go into great detail about something, such as a plan or concept.
4. To spend or invest a specific (usually significant) sum of money on a certain person or item.
5. To strongly criticize, reprimand, or upbraid someone.
6. As a result of a strong physical strike, to put someone unconscious or prostrate on the ground.
7. To prepare or arrange the corpse of someone before a funeral or burial.
The verb "spread" should be conjugated according to its tense.