MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
ELECTION OF 1848 AND THE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH
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Question
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What does the author mean when he writes, “The news spread like wildfire.”
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The news was dangerous.
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People could follow the news to an important location.
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The news spread quickly.
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Someone needed to stop the news quickly.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -idiom. If disease or news spreads like wildfire, it quickly affects or becomes known by more and more people: Once one child in the school has the infection, it spreads like wildfire.
Detailed explanation-2: -To spread, circulate, or propagate very quickly and widely. Likened to the rapid spread of a literal wildfire. News of the scandal spread like wildfire across the news outlets.
Detailed explanation-3: -(intransitive, simile) To spread or disseminate rapidly or uncontrollably.
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