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tongues wag

tongues wag {informal}

People speak in an excited or gossipy manner; people spread rumors.

If married women go out with other men, tongues will wag.

When the bank clerk showed up in an expensive new car, tongues wagged.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[make tongues wag] See: [TONGUES TO WAG]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

[set tongues wagging] See: [TONGUES WAG]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

[cause tongues to wag] See: [TONGUES TO WAG]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

[wag] See: [TONGUES TO WAG] or [TONGUES WAG]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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