drag through the mud
To tarnish or spoil enough so that something or someone is no longer respectableTo tarnish or spoil enough so that something or someone is no longer respectable.
» I dragged them through the mud.
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1 senses(idiomatic)To tarnish or spoil enough so that something or someone is no longer respectable.
in den Dreck ziehen
смеша́ть с гря́зьюsmešátʹ s grjázʹju
- speak unfavorably about
Examples
4 sentencesI dragged them through the mud.
She dragged him through the mud.
Don't let him drag you through the mud.
deLass dich von ihm nicht in den Schmutz ziehen! — Manfredo
We were dragged through mud.
Translations
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Forms
drags through the mud, dragging through the mud, dragged through the mud, dragged through the mud| Base form | drag through the mud · to drag through the mud |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | drags through the mud |
| Present participle | dragging through the mud |
| Past simple | dragged through the mud |
| Past participle | dragged through the mud |
irregular
Present simpleLesson
| I, you, we, they | drag through the mud |
| he, she, it | drags through the mud |
Past simpleLesson
| all persons | dragged through the mud |
Present perfectLesson
| I, you, we, they | have dragged through the mud |
| he, she, it | has dragged through the mud |
Future simple (will)Lesson
| all persons | will drag through the mud |
Synonyms
63 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.