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
Kegan	-	English (Modern)
Arago	[ə'ra:gɔ]
Manas	-	Bengali, Indian, Assamese, Hindi
Maggie	MAG-ee	English
Yu	-	Chinese
TadhgÁN	-	Irish