hear on the grapevine

hear on the grapevine
to hear rumors; to learn through friends of friends

[...] But most of me mad dads crew took off to American from what I can make out - hes talking too much, he has to stop - from what I hear on the family grapevine, thats where they went, New York, their loss as far as Im concerned, dont know what theyre missing, eh? [...]


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  • hear on the grapevine — To receive information indirectly through a series of third parties, similar to a rumour …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • hear through the grapevine — verb to hear rumors; to learn through friends of friends I heard through the grapevine that she likes him. Syn: hear on the grapevine …   Wiktionary

  • hear through the grapevine — hear (something) through the grapevine to hear news from someone who heard that news from someone else. I heard through the grapevine that she was pregnant, but I don t know anything more …   New idioms dictionary

  • hear through the grapevine — get information via rumors and gossip …   English contemporary dictionary

  • hear on the grapevine —    To receive information indirectly through a series of third parties, similar to a rumour.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • hear something on the grapevine — If you hear something on the grapevine, you are informed about something by someone, circulating information or gossip from one person to another informally. ( Hear it through the grapevine is also used.) …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • hear (something) on the grapevine — hear (something) on/through the grapevine to hear news from someone who heard the news from someone else. I heard on the grapevine that she was pregnant, but I don t know anything more. (usually + that) …   New idioms dictionary

  • hear (something) through the grapevine — hear (something) on/through the grapevine to hear news from someone who heard the news from someone else. I heard on the grapevine that she was pregnant, but I don t know anything more. (usually + that) …   New idioms dictionary

  • hear something through the grapevine — hear (something) through the grapevine to hear news from someone who heard that news from someone else. I heard through the grapevine that she was pregnant, but I don t know anything more …   New idioms dictionary

  • through the grapevine — hear from other people I heard it through the grapevine that he was going to move to Paris next summer …   Idioms and examples

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