spreading the word
spreading the word is the present participle and gerund of spread the word.
Meaning of spread the word
Verb
spread the word (third-person singular simple present spreads the word, present participle spreading the word, simple past and past participle spread the word)
- 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.2005, Annabelle du Fouet, “The murky world from whence it all came” (chapter 2), in Weather Balloons Make Rotten Sex Toys, Ellora's Cave, →ISBN, page 46
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- What is spreading the word the present participle and gerund of?
- Spreading the word is the present participle and gerund of spread the word.
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