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"text": "The virus spread like wildfire throughout the Internet.",
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"ref": "1789, The Gentleman's Magazine, page 651",
"text": "The propaganda of the rebels spread like wild-fire, and the hopes of the more daring Irish Catholics rose high.",
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"ref": "1941 October, “Notes and News: A Highland Runaway”, in Railway Magazine, page 469",
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"ref": "2023 May 31, Nadia Khomami, “Kylie Minogue ‘bursting with joy’ as new single Padam Padam soars up charts”, in The Guardian",
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"(intransitive, simile) To spread or disseminate rapidly or uncontrollably."
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "spread or disseminate rapidly or uncontrollably",
"word": "不脛而走"
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"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "bù jìng ér zǒu",
"sense": "spread or disseminate rapidly or uncontrollably",
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"sense": "spread or disseminate rapidly or uncontrollably",
"word": "als een lopend vuurtje verspreiden"
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"sense": "spread or disseminate rapidly or uncontrollably",
"word": "levitä kuin kulovalkea"
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"word": "se répandre comme une traînée de poudre"
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"sense": "spread or disseminate rapidly or uncontrollably",
"word": "sich wie ein Lauffeuer verbreiten"
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "spread or disseminate rapidly or uncontrollably",
"word": "futótűzként terjed"
},
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "spread or disseminate rapidly or uncontrollably",
"word": "diffondersi a macchia d'olio"
},
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"code": "ja",
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"roman": "shibatataku aida ni hiromaru",
"sense": "spread or disseminate rapidly or uncontrollably",
"word": "瞬く間に広まる"
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"sense": "spread or disseminate rapidly or uncontrollably",
"word": "rozchodzić się lotem błyskawicy"
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"sense": "spread or disseminate rapidly or uncontrollably",
"word": "espalhar-se como um relâmpago"
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"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "spread or disseminate rapidly or uncontrollably",
"word": "espalhar-se como um rastilho de pólvora"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "rasprostranjátʹsja kak lesnój požár",
"sense": "spread or disseminate rapidly or uncontrollably",
"word": "распространя́ться как лесно́й пожа́р"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "spread or disseminate rapidly or uncontrollably",
"word": "correr como la pólvora"
},
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "spread or disseminate rapidly or uncontrollably",
"word": "sprida sig som en präriebrand"
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"word": "sprida sig som en löpeld"
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"ref": "1941 October, “Notes and News: A Highland Runaway”, in Railway Magazine, page 469",
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"sense": "spread or disseminate rapidly or uncontrollably",
"word": "不脛而走"
},
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bù jìng ér zǒu",
"sense": "spread or disseminate rapidly or uncontrollably",
"word": "不胫而走"
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"word": "šířit se jako požár"
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"sense": "spread or disseminate rapidly or uncontrollably",
"word": "als een lopend vuurtje verspreiden"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "spread or disseminate rapidly or uncontrollably",
"word": "levitä kuin kulovalkea"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "spread or disseminate rapidly or uncontrollably",
"word": "se répandre comme une traînée de poudre"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "spread or disseminate rapidly or uncontrollably",
"word": "sich wie ein Lauffeuer verbreiten"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "spread or disseminate rapidly or uncontrollably",
"word": "futótűzként terjed"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "spread or disseminate rapidly or uncontrollably",
"word": "diffondersi a macchia d'olio"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shibatataku aida ni hiromaru",
"sense": "spread or disseminate rapidly or uncontrollably",
"word": "瞬く間に広まる"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "spread or disseminate rapidly or uncontrollably",
"word": "rozchodzić się lotem błyskawicy"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "spread or disseminate rapidly or uncontrollably",
"tags": [
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"word": "rozejść się lotem błyskawicy"
},
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "spread or disseminate rapidly or uncontrollably",
"word": "espalhar-se como um relâmpago"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "spread or disseminate rapidly or uncontrollably",
"word": "espalhar-se como um rastilho de pólvora"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rasprostranjátʹsja kak lesnój požár",
"sense": "spread or disseminate rapidly or uncontrollably",
"word": "распространя́ться как лесно́й пожа́р"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "spread or disseminate rapidly or uncontrollably",
"word": "correr como la pólvora"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "spread or disseminate rapidly or uncontrollably",
"word": "sprida sig som en präriebrand"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "spread or disseminate rapidly or uncontrollably",
"word": "sprida sig som en löpeld"
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"word": "spread like wildfire"
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