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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
Translations
bad-mouth
vt (inf)herziehen über (+acc) (inf)


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