make news

make news

To garner attention and be the topic of conversation. Sam's sudden resignation really made news today—everyone in the office is talking about it!
See also: make, news
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • sour note
  • talking head
  • the talk of the town
  • be the talk of something
  • be the talk of the town
  • about last night...
  • steal the spotlight
  • steal thunder
  • steal somebody's thunder
  • steal someone's thunder
References in periodicals archive
When a committee makes news, its members make news. Consider an article by Rick Atkinson and Walter Pincus that appeared on the front page of the The Washington Post on May 4, 1984, under the headline, "Pentagon Lists Budget Cuts':