abroad
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go abroad and you'll hear news of home
proverb Once one is no longer at home, one becomes more interested or invested in news of home and family as it circulates second-hand. A: "Are you sure that Sir Gregory is selling the estate?" B: "Indeed. Go abroad and you'll hear news of home, my good man."
noise about
To spread gossip, secrets, or confidential information around to other people. A noun or pronoun can be used between "noise" and "about." I heard Tom and Eliza are getting a divorce! I wouldn't go noising that about to anyone else, though! Surely she isn't so foolish as to noise about confidential business details to her subordinates.
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noise abroad
To spread gossip, secrets, or confidential information around to other people. A noun or pronoun can be used between "noise" and "abroad." I heard Tom and Eliza are getting a divorce! I wouldn't go noising that abroad to anyone else, though! Surely she isn't so foolish as to noise abroad confidential business details to her subordinates.
the schoolmaster is abroad
Education has become available to and widespread among people of many different backgrounds and locations. With technology accessible to kids at such a young age, it is ever more true that the schoolmaster is abroad, even in such remote parts of the country.
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noise something about
and noise something abroad; noise something aroundto spread around a secret; to gossip something around. Now don't noise it about, but I am going to Houston next week to see my girl. Please don't noise this abroad. Stop noising that gossip around.
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