drag through the mud

drag through the mud
verb
speak unfavorably about (Freq. 1)
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She badmouths her husband everywhere

Syn: ↑badmouth, ↑malign, ↑traduce
Derivationally related forms: ↑traducement (for: ↑traduce), ↑traducer (for: ↑traduce), ↑malignment (for: ↑malign), ↑maligner (for: ↑malign)
Hypernyms:
defame, ↑slander, ↑smirch, ↑asperse, ↑denigrate, ↑calumniate, ↑smear, ↑sully, ↑besmirch
Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Somebody ——s somebody


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  • drag through the mud — ► drag through the mud slander or criticize publicly. Main Entry: ↑mud …   English terms dictionary

  • drag through the mud — v. slander publicly, make false and injurious statements about another in public, criticize publicly …   English contemporary dictionary

  • drag someone's name through the mud — drag someone/someone’s/name through the mud phrase to say unpleasant things, or to tell unpleasant secrets, about someone in public Thesaurus: to harm someone s reputationsynonym Main entry: drag * * * drag someone s name through the mud …   Useful english dictionary

  • drag someone's name through the mud — drag (someone s) name through the mire/mud to tell people about something bad that someone has done so that people will have a bad opinion of them. Her name was dragged through the mud after she admitted offering money in return for votes …   New idioms dictionary

  • drag name through the mud — drag (someone s) name through the mire/mud to tell people about something bad that someone has done so that people will have a bad opinion of them. Her name was dragged through the mud after she admitted offering money in return for votes …   New idioms dictionary

  • drag someone name through the mud — drag someone/someone’s/name through the mud phrase to say unpleasant things, or to tell unpleasant secrets, about someone in public Thesaurus: to harm someone s reputationsynonym Main entry: drag …   Useful english dictionary

  • drag someone/something through the mud — make damaging allegations about someone or something he felt enough loyalty to his old school not to drag its name through the mud …   Useful english dictionary

  • drag through the mire — pull down into the mud, make dirty; abase, sully …   English contemporary dictionary

  • drag someone through the mud — denigrate someone publicly. → mud …   English new terms dictionary

  • drag someone's name through the mire — drag (someone s) name through the mire/mud to tell people about something bad that someone has done so that people will have a bad opinion of them. Her name was dragged through the mud after she admitted offering money in return for votes …   New idioms dictionary

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