drag through the mud

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verb

speak unfavorably about (Freq. 1)
- 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:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody