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Acquired or learned through informal rumors, hearsay, gossip, or word-of-mouth chatter.
"I heard through the grapevine that our manager might be retiring next month."
"News of the merger traveled through the grapevine before the official press release."
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US Civil War telegraph lines strung hastily across trees resembled tangled grapevines, leading soldiers to call unverified battle rumors "grapevine telegraph".
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