spread like wildfire

spread like wildfire
spread like wildfire
Fig. [for something] to spread rapidly. •

Rumors spread like wildfire when people are excited.

This disease will spread like wildfire when it gets going.

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{v. phr.} To spread uncontrollably and rapidly. * /Bad news has a tendency to spread like wildfire./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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