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
Gjorgji	-	Macedonian
Angela	AN-jəl-ə (English), AHN-je-lah (Italian), AHNG-ge-lah (German)	English, Italian, German, Dutch, Romanian, Slovene, Slovak, Russian, Macedonian, Late Roman
Enes	-	Turkish, Bosnian
Vijaya	-	Hinduism, Indian, Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam, Marathi, Hindi
Haris (2)	-	Greek
Will	WIL	English