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
Enes	-	Turkish, Bosnian
XesÚS	-	Galician
Ashworth	['æʃwɜ:θ]
Ladislas	LAD-i-slaws (English)	History
KatrĖ	-	Lithuanian
Zulfiqar	-	Arabic