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pooh pooh(attack, criticize, scorn, disparage)
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put down(verb, reduce, ruin, oppose)
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shoot down(verb, reduce, oppose, destroy)
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shoot full of holes(idiom, oppose, criticize, scorn)
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show up(ruin, oppose, destroy, shame)
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take a swipe at(idiom, criticize, scorn, insult)
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take down a peg(verb, idiom, attack, reduce)
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argue against(oppose, expose, contest, counter)
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blacken name(insult, disparage, belittle, slur)
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blot out(verb, end, ruin, crush)
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blow off(verb, push, slight, insult)
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blow sky high(idiom, oppose, expose, counter)
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blow up(verb, ruin, oppose, destroy)
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bring into disrepute(verb, idiom, ruin, oppose)
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bring low(verb, crush, confuse, shame)
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bring to naught(verb, idiom, ruin, oppose)
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call down(disparage, denounce, smear, assail)
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cancel out(oppose, expose, contest, counter)
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cast a slur on(idiom, insult, disparage, belittle)
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cry down(verb, dismiss, criticize, scorn)
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