phrases about getting information

Pitch (verb)

To try to sell

“Fujii-san pitched his screenplay to three movie studios and all of them are interested in making it into a film.”

Scoop (verb)

To be the first to report news

“The newspaper’s newest reporter scooped the veteran reporters on the most important story of the year.”

Flood the zone

To inundate, to saturate with coverage

“Our new ad agency said we should flood the zone with TV ads for our new ski resort prior to the start of the ski season.”

The skinny

The real story, the truth

“Kaminaga-san read the official report but relied on Tsuchi-san to give him the skinny.”

To hear (it) on the grapevine

To hear a rumor

“Mere-san said she heard on the grapevine that the entire accounting section was being transferred to Osaka.”