rumour has it

alternative rumor has it

1. UKAccording to rumour or gossip.

   Rumour has it Joe is looking for a new job.

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   Rumour has it that a new luxury lounge car design is also under discussion at the moment.

   1964 July, “XP64: New Standard Carriage Project”, in Modern Railways, page 2

   “Why bother with the daily grind when you can go to Mosul, get paid $400 a month, get a wife – and live an Islamic way,” went an exchange between two men overheard by a fellow passenger in a taxi. Rumour has it that a woman whose husband died fighting with Isis now receives a generous widow’s pension from jihadi coffers.

   2014 November 27, Ian Black, “Courts kept busy as Jordan works to crush support for Isis”, in The Guardian

   Synonyms: word has it, hear through the grapevine, a little bird told me