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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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``Everybody bad-mouths public schools and says you can't get a good education,'' Schaffer said.
In one vignette, called "Sour Grapes," Andy runs into a friend at the grocery store and grumpily bad-mouths his fellow board members for voting to build a middle school in what he believes is a bad location.
All offensive plays are supposed to be unexpected and "fool" the defense, and the Gods don't like when someone bad-mouths a so-called "trick play.
 
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