distribute the flyers

Meaning

This phrase means to hand out, deliver, or pass around promotional sheets of paper (flyers) to a group of people or place them in specific locations. It is commonly used in marketing, community organizing, and event planning. The tone is neutral and practical.

Examples

• We need a volunteer to distribute the flyers around the neighborhood this weekend.

  We need a volunteer to distribute the flyers around the neighborhood this weekend.

• They hired a marketing student to distribute the flyers outside the subway station.

  They hired a marketing student to distribute the flyers outside the subway station.

• Before the concert starts, let's distribute the flyers for our next gig to the crowd.

  Before the concert starts, let's distribute the flyers for our next gig to the crowd.

• We printed five hundred copies, so we need a solid plan to distribute the flyers effectively.

  We printed five hundred copies, so we need a solid plan to distribute the flyers effectively.

• The local business paid kids to distribute the flyers in mailboxes along the street.

  The local business paid kids to distribute the flyers in mailboxes along the street.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ We need to share the flyers to everyone.

  ✓ We need to distribute the flyers to everyone.

  'Share' implies giving a portion of something you own or posting online. For physical hand-outs, 'distribute' or 'hand out' is the correct verb.

• ✗ He was contributing the flyers yesterday.

  ✓ He was distributing the flyers yesterday.

  'Contribute' means to give money, help, or ideas to a common cause. 'Distribute' means to hand out items to many people.

Related Expressions

Practice

• To promote our new bakery, we decided to ___ on the main street.

  💡 hand out the promotional papers

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  distribute the flyers

• Could you help me ___ for the charity event at school tomorrow?

  💡 pass around the printed advertisements

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  distribute the flyers