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bad-mouth

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bad-mouth someone or something
to say negative things about someone or something. Mr. Smith was always bad-mouthing Mrs. Smith. They just didn't get along. John bad-mouths his car constantly because it is too small for him.
bad-mouth somebody/something
to say unpleasant things about someone or something, especially in order to spoil other people's opinions of them She's always bad-mouthing her colleagues. Bad-mouthing the police is hardly an original occupation.


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Claiming what one of their children has said to bad-mouth her in public is a step too far.
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72 percent said they'd bad-mouth a distrusted company to a friend or colleague.
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Whether it's the savage abridgment or whether she really doesn't bad-mouth Gordon, Alastair, Fiona et al, who knows?
Speaking for Myself by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk
 
 
 
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