drag through the mud

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drag through the mud - speak unfavorably about; "She badmouths her husband everywhere" badmouth, malign, traduce asperse, besmirch, calumniate, defame, slander, smirch, denigrate, sully, smear - charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone; "The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation"

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