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run down(verb, phrasal verb, attack, show)
10
put down(verb, phrasal verb, dismiss, crush)
4
play down(verb, crush, confuse, shame)
4
tear down(verb, phrasal verb, dismiss, crush)
2
cut up(charge, push, slight, criticize)
2
find fault with(verb, idiom, phrasal verb, charge)
2
give a black eye(verb, idiom, ruin, push)
2
throw mud at(idiom, insult, slander, libel)
1
bad mouth(verb, stain, disparage, degrade)
1
beat down(verb, lower, disparage, degrade)
1
blacken name(insult, disparage, belittle, slur)
1
blow off(verb, push, slight, insult)
1
bring down(verb, crush, confuse, shame)
1
bring low(verb, crush, confuse, shame)
1
call down(disparage, denounce, smear, assail)
1
carp at(charge, criticize, scorn, condemn)
1
cast a slur on(idiom, insult, disparage, belittle)
1
cast aspersion(criticize, insult, taint, slander)
1
cast aspersions on(idiom, insult, slander, libel)
1
cast down(verb, crush, confuse, shame)
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