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give a bad name

   Also found in: Legal 0.03 sec.
give something/somebody a bad name
to cause people to lose respect for something or someone A few badly behaved football fans give all football supporters a bad name.
See also: bad, give, name
give something a bad name
to cause a loss of respect for something A few wild fans give soccer a bad name.
See also: bad, give, name


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The few give a bad name to the many, and this is unfair.
Combating Islamophobia depends on unlearning intolerance by Annan, Kofi / UN Chronicle
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