set tongues wagging
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She’s already a subject of gossip inside and outside the palace, and her weight, habits and appearances can set tongues wagging.
From New York Times ● Dec. 22, 2022
An emoji he posted on Twitter in December that implicitly criticized Bottoms set tongues wagging at City Hall.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 4, 2021
But his gestures and gags have a sort of built-in futility, analogous, perhaps, to his painting with the built-in shredder: They are designed only to set tongues wagging.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 7, 2018
So this song, in which one of the characters wears that "same white shirt", is bound to set tongues wagging.
From BBC ● May 11, 2017
Living outside his home would set tongues wagging.
From At the Crossroads by Harriet T. (Harriet Theresa) Comstock
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