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give a bad name

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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.
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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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It must be the foreigners, who want to give a bad name to Islam," the newspaper quoted Shah Zamin, who lost his brother in the brutal attack, as saying.
and also give a bad name to Pakistan in the whole world," the advertisement said.
and also give a bad name to Pakistan in the whole world," it said.
 
 
 
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