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set tongues wagging

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set tongues (a)wagging

Fig. to cause people to start gossiping. The affair between the boss and her accountant set tongues a wagging. If you don't get the lawn mowed soon, you will set tongues wagging in the neighborhood.

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set/start tongues wagging

  (informal)

if something that someone says or does sets tongues wagging, it causes people to talk about them His late-night visit to her home has set tongues wagging.

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