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idiom(the) bush telegraph BrEBrEa humorous expression, used about the way in which people in an organization or group tell other people what is happening, so that very soon everyone knows about it:Everyone seems to have heard about me getting the sack - I see the bush telegraph is still as reliable as ever.Reeves had obviously heard by bush telegraph that I was coming, and was waiting for me at the station.
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