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Flowersa Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
Peddled the details
Hi, I'm wondering about the right meaning of "Peddled" so far I could find this example, so I have an idea that it means "Sell" but something from it I'm sure missing 
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" ... that Hillary would skate to the Democratic nomination—and then be destroyed in the general election
when Republicans peddled the details of her husband’s reputed dalliances to the press."
youths involved in drug peddling
" ... that Hillary would skate to the Democratic nomination—and then be destroyed in the general election
when Republicans peddled the details of her husband’s reputed dalliances to the press."
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Hi, 'Peddle' often suggests aggressive and unscrupulous selling of some imperfect thing. Clive
- Hi, 'Peddle' often suggests aggressive and unscrupulous selling of some imperfect thing.
- Clive
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Hi,
'Peddle' often suggests aggressive and unscrupulous selling of some imperfect thing.
Clive
'Peddle' often suggests aggressive and unscrupulous selling of some imperfect thing.
Clive
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Thanks Clive, I'm trying sometimes to put into my words language, I thought about "trading" like trading rumors instead of selling? I hope you got my point
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I have a better example for what I wanted to say, as if a paparazzi trading between photos he has just got about someone famous ...
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...when Republicans peddled the details of her husband’s reputed dalliances to the press. -- Here, 'peddled' simply means 'announced', in the cheap way that peddlers loudly announce their goods. There was no selling or trading involved.
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