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
Vena	-	Hinduism
Cummins	['kʌminz]
Wilford	WIL-fərd	English
Nacio	NAH-thyo (Spanish), NAH-syo (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish
Margarete	mahr-gah-RE-tə	German
Hurst	[hə:st]