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spreads like wildfire

spreads like wildfire is the third-person singular simple present indicative of spread like wildfire.

Meaning of spread like wildfire

Verb

spread like wildfire (third-person singular simple present spreads like wildfire, present participle spreading like wildfire, simple past and past participle spread like wildfire)

  1. (intransitive, simile) To spread or disseminate rapidly or uncontrollably.
    • The virus spread like wildfire throughout the Internet.

Questions about spreads like wildfire

What is spreads like wildfire the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Spreads like wildfire is the third-person singular simple present indicative of spread like wildfire.

Words near spreads like wildfire in the dictionary

  1. spreadmarts
  2. spreadover
  3. spreadovers
  4. spreads
  5. spreads it on thick
  6. spreads like wildfire
  7. spreads one's legs
  8. spreads one's net wide
  9. spreads one's wings
  10. spreads oneself thin
  11. spreads oneself too thin

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