word gets about/around/round

Definition

When word gets about/around/round, news spreads fast within a group of people

"I hear you were having drinks with a tall, dark, handsome man last night." "Wow, word gets round fast, doesn't it?"

She doesn't want word getting around the office that she's pregnant.

(Definition of word gets about/around/round from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

Synonyms and related words:

worried or nervous about something that is going to happen

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