spread like wildfire

of chickenpox at my son's school which spread like wildfire until nearly half the children caught it.

As the night went on, rumors spread like wildfire throughout Brixton that the injured man had actually been stabbed by the White officers.

This version of Tetris spread like wildfire around the world on copied floppy disks, catching the attention of many game publishers.

This news would spread like wildfire if it once got out, even without the help of newspapers or radio.

Once a fungus evolves past the natural defences of one set of trees, it will spread like wildfire through the rest.

Viral videos of Bernie Sanders spread like wildfire across the Internet, especially in progressivepolitics circles.

From there the idea spread like wildfire to other American universities, and from there to colleges around the world.

The news of his assassination spread like wildfire.

To spread like wildfire the transmission method must be rapidly scalable from small to very large.

The news of the assassination of President Lincoln spread like wildfire.

Rattus rattus originated in India and has spread like wildfire throughout the world, leaving no continent untouched.

Now, scientists have developed a new genetic trick that could help those disease-resistant mosquitoes spread like wildfire.

And that comes from having a positive reputation which can spread like wildfire over Facebook and other social networks.

If I didn't do something fast, this could spread like wildfire.

Such chatter has spread like wildfire, but insiders have denied that the phone has hit the skids.

Word spread like wildfire across the city.

The images spread like wildfire across the Web.

That news spread like wildfire, too. Mark Melcher had gone kind of crazy over Old Man Fellows' death!

The rumor spread like wildfire and cost me a lot of votes.

Although these titbits of gossip are not published, they spread like wildfire.

The news of an ancient tomb discovery had spread like wildfire before the news reporters came to the village.

News spread like wildfire and melted the servers before anyone could get the program.

As Mr. Shan quality testing radon serious way things spread like wildfire, making many people living in the buildings have consternation.

Wan brothers film animation news spread like wildfire.

The news of victory spread like wildfire.

The flu spread like wildfire in my school, and all my friends got sick.

It spread like wildfire. And some died within hours of developing symptoms. Are we safer today?

The rumours spread like wildfire from mouth to mouth in that town.

The news spread like wildfire.

These ideas have spread like wildfire.

It says contagious diseases such as measles can spread like wildfire in the overcrowded, squalid resettlement camps.

All these things can spread like wildfire because borders don't mean much.

I have watched the destination wedding phenomena grow since its inception 15 or so years ago and seen it spread like wildfire worldwide.

The story spread like wildfire.

It's spread like wildfire.

JACK EFFEL: "I think poker has spread like wildfire. "

And so, Qaddafi: when you provoked these people, it took only days and it spread like wildfire.

News about the girl, who people refer to as a "niu" , spread like wildfire across the campus.

spread like wildfire (especially of rumors, reports, disease) travel, spread, etc very fast