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1 to drag someone through the mire
to drag someone through the mireenlamear a reputação de alguém, caluniar alguém, denegrir.English-Portuguese dictionary > to drag someone through the mire
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2 mire
[m'aiə] n 1 lodo, lama, atoleiro. 2 fig situação desagradável ou difícil. • vt+vi 1 enlamear, atolar. 2 chafurdar. 3 envolver-se em dificuldades. to be deep in mire estar em apuros. to drag someone through the mire enlamear a reputação de alguém, caluniar alguém, denegrir.
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drag someone's name through the mire — drag someone’s name through the mire phrase to say or write things that will harm someone’s reputation Thesaurus: to harm someone s reputationsynonym Main entry: mire … Useful english dictionary
drag someone's name through the mire — drag (someone s) name through the mire/mud to tell people about something bad that someone has done so that people will have a bad opinion of them. Her name was dragged through the mud after she admitted offering money in return for votes … New idioms dictionary
drag name through the mire — drag (someone s) name through the mire/mud to tell people about something bad that someone has done so that people will have a bad opinion of them. Her name was dragged through the mud after she admitted offering money in return for votes … New idioms dictionary
drag through the mire — pull down into the mud, make dirty; abase, sully … English contemporary dictionary
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drag someone's name through the mud — drag (someone s) name through the mire/mud to tell people about something bad that someone has done so that people will have a bad opinion of them. Her name was dragged through the mud after she admitted offering money in return for votes … New idioms dictionary
drag name through the mud — drag (someone s) name through the mire/mud to tell people about something bad that someone has done so that people will have a bad opinion of them. Her name was dragged through the mud after she admitted offering money in return for votes … New idioms dictionary
drag someone's name through the mire — to say or write things that will harm someone s reputation … English dictionary
mire — [maıə US maır] n [U] literary [Date: 1200 1300; : Old Norse; Origin: myrr] 1.) deep mud ▪ The wheels got stuck in the mire. 2.) the mire a bad or difficult situation that you cannot seem to escape from = ↑quagmire ▪ The Party sank deeper into the … Dictionary of contemporary English
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mire — mire1 [ maır ] noun singular an area of soft wet ground a. an unpleasant situation that you cannot easily escape from: Things have improved, but we re not out of the mire yet. b. drag someone s name through the mire to say or write things that… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English