drag through the mud

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drag through the mud

verb drags through the mud · dragging through the mud · dragged through the mud

  1. idiomatic, transitive To tarnish or spoil enough so that something or someone is no longer respectable. Red Moon Monster: Ever since that cheesy movie dragged our names through the mud, life hasn't been the same!

    Similar: befoul, muddy, sully, assassinate, asperse, backbite, badmouth, belibel, besmirch, besmear, bewray, blacken

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Españoldejar a la altura del betún
Portuguêsarrastar pela lama
Françaistraîner dans la boue
Deutschin den Dreck ziehen
Italianotrascinare nel fango
Русскийсмеша́ть с гря́зью smešátʹ s grjázʹju

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@misc{drag_through_the_mud_2026,
  title = {drag through the mud},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/drag%20through%20the%20mud},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}