Idiom
drag through the mud
Meaning
To tarnish or spoil enough so that something or someone is no longer respectable.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The scandal dragged his reputation through the mud.”
“The newspaper article dragged the politician's name through the mud by focusing only on his past mistakes.”
“By publicly accusing her former partner of dishonesty, she effectively dragged his character through the mud, leaving his professional standing in ruins.”
Examples
simple
“The scandal dragged his reputation through the mud.”
contextual
“The newspaper article dragged the politician's name through the mud by focusing only on his past mistakes.”
complex
“By publicly accusing her former partner of dishonesty, she effectively dragged his character through the mud, leaving his professional standing in ruins.”
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