spread the word

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spread the word

verb spreads the word · spreading the word · spread the word

  1. idiomatic To tell a lot of people; to inform as many people as one can. His rendition of Herr Barkheimer was so awful that many people thought it to be a drawing of a demon coming to steal their souls. They threw the books into the fire to save themselves, then spread the word not to buy anything printed by Gutenberg.

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verb tell a lot of people

Españolpasar la voz, correr la voz, difundir el mensaje
Françaispasser le mot
Deutschweitersagen, weiterverbreiten

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@misc{spread_the_word_2026,
  title = {spread the word},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/spread%20the%20word},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}