like wildfire

everywhere very quickly The new dance has caught on like wildfire in all the popular clubs. Scandal spreads like wildfire around this office.

Etymology: based on the literal meaning of wildfire (a fire that burns out of control)

Rapidly and intensely: The disease spread like wildfire.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Odette	[əu'det]
Ayako	ah-yah-ko	Japanese
Raffaele	-	Italian
Dobrogost	daw-BRAW-gawst (Polish)	Polish (Rare), Medieval Slavic
Saburou	sah-boo-ṙo:	Japanese
Leofd&Aelig;G	-	Anglo-Saxon