give currency to something

give currency to something
give currency to something
to spread a story around. (With a negative if there is doubt about what is said.) •

I can't give any currency to anything Ralph Jones says.

We give no currency to those stories.

His actions gave currency to the rumor that he was about to leave.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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