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bad-mouth

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bad·mouth or bad-mouth  (bdmouth, -mou)
tr.v. bad·mouthed or bad-mouthed, bad·mouth·ing or bad-mouth·ing, bad·mouths or bad-mouths Informal
To criticize or disparage, often spitefully or unfairly: "those cross-Atlantic aficionados who persistently idolize the British theater and bad-mouth Broadway" (Benedict Nightingale).

bad-mouth
vb
(tr) Slang to speak unfavourably about
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bad-mouth
vt (inf)herziehen über (+acc) (inf)


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``It started out being very antagonistic, and the implied threat was that they were somehow going to go against us and sort of bad-mouth what our efforts were.
Moreover, these bad profits can create legions of detractors who bad-mouth the company and switch their allegiance to competitors.
I don't want to bad-mouth my school, but there were at least a dozen people I know of who were on steroids," Lee says, adding: "It was in-your-face.
 
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