give currency

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.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Claribel	KLER-ə-bel, KLAR-ə-bel	English
Miljenko	-	Croatian
MatĚJ	-	Czech
Kaapo	KAH:-po	Finnish
Nontle	-	Southern African, Xhosa
Batul	-	Arabic