Give a dog a bad name

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Give a dog a bad name. (old-fashioned)

used to say that when someone has been accused of behaving badly in the past, people often expect them to behave like that in the future People were quick to blame local youths for the fire. Give a dog a bad name.

See also: bad, dog, give, name

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