| by word of mouth | |
adverb | |
| 1. | orally; "I heard it viva voce" |
| 2. | by spoken rather than written means; "these stories were transmitted by word of mouth" [syn: orally] |
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by word of mouth
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by word of mouth
by one person telling another in speech, not in writing
Example: She got the information by word of mouth.
See also: word processor, wording, word-perfect, get a word in edgeways, in a word, keep, break one's word, take (someone) at his word, take someone's word for it, word, word for word, "by word of mouth" in any languageExample: She got the information by word of mouth.
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