Idiom
bad company
Meaning
The wrong crowd.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He is bad company for you.”
“His parents worry that he is falling in with bad company at his new school.”
“The mentor warned the young student that keeping bad company would eventually compromise his reputation and hinder his professional development.”
Examples
simple
“He is bad company for you.”
contextual
“His parents worry that he is falling in with bad company at his new school.”
complex
“The mentor warned the young student that keeping bad company would eventually compromise his reputation and hinder his professional development.”
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