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                           Phrase(s): give currency to something  to spread a story around. (With a negative if there is doubt about what is said.)  •  I can’t give any currency to anything Ralph Jones says.  •  We give no currency to those stories.  •  His actions gave currency to the rumor that he was about to leave.
                           
                           
                           
                           
                        
    
                       
                    
                        
                        
                        
                    
 
                    
                        McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs