by word of mouth

Meaning

1. because people tell each other and not because they read about it

   The news spread by word of mouth.

In the movies · 2

• Or I'll deliver thy indignation to him by word of mouth.Twelfth Night2012
• The embalming business is basically passed on by word of mouth.The Return of the Living Dead1985
• Just think of this as a way that uses word of mouth.The Lost City2022
• Every word out of your mouth is no It makes me soEnchanted2007
• If I ever hear that word out of your mouth again in my club, that'll be your last word.Deuces Wild2002
• I don't want to hear another word out your mouth.Venom: Let There Be Carnage2021
• gonna go in stores, it's gonna go online, and publicity would be, what, word of mouth?Begin Again2013
• Talk about word of mouth, huh? - Yeah, they're talking about you, Sal; Don't you want to talk back to them?The Internship2013

Learn it in full scenes

• Twelfth Night2012
  • Orsino's Speech on Music and Love
  • Viola Disguises Herself as a Man
  • Sir Andrew Boasts About Dancing

From the same entry

• from the word go
• get a word in edgeways
• have a word in ear
• have words
• in other words
• in so many words
• in a word
• in words of one syllable
• the last word
• my word
• not have a good word to say for
• put in a word for

More idioms

• come out on top
• down in the dumps
• fly off the handle
• give the finger
• hold at bay
• in the blink of an eye
• in the event of
• in the public eye
• not for a minute
• play hard to get
• step out of line
• the ins and outs