grapevine
(greɪpvaɪn )
Word forms: grapevines
1. singular noun
If you hear or learn something on the grapevine, you hear it or learn it in casual conversation with other people.
He'd doubtless heard rumours on the grapevine.
I had heard on the grapevine that he was quite critical of what we were doing.
2. countable noun
A grapevine is a climbing plant on which grapes grow.
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Idioms:
hear something through the grapevine or hear something on the grapevine
to hear about something informally,from the people you know
I hear through the grapevine that you are getting ready to sue us. If that's true, I want to hear it from you.
Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers
Translations:
Chinese: 私下传播途径消息、传闻等的
Japanese: 口コミ
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- deplorable state
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- deplore the fact
- deplore the use of
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- deploy a helicopter
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- deploy an army
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