Definition of Drag through the mud

1. Verb. Speak unfavorably about. "She badmouths her husband everywhere"


Lexicographical Neighbors of Drag Through The Mud

drag one's feet
drag one's heels
drag out
drag queen
drag queens
drag race
drag racer
drag racers
drag races
drag racing
drag rope
drag sail
drag sails
drag strip
drag the chain
drag through the mud (current term)
drag up
dragbar
dragbars
dragee
dragees
drageoir
drageoirs
draggable
dragge
dragged
dragged on
dragger
draggers
draggier

Literary usage of Drag through the mud

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Europa: Or, Scenes and Society in England, France, Italy, and Switzerland by Daniel Clarke Eddy (1860)
"Than among us there is less of that mock modesty which blushes at a dress which does not cover the ankle, boot, and foot, and drag through the mud and water ..."

2. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan by John Lloyd Stephens (1848)
"In this obliviousness I sympathized, and slipping into an easy arm-chair, from the time of my drag through the mud in the morning I had not so quiet and ..."

3. Memoirs of Prince Metternich: 1773-[1835] by Robina Napier, Clemens Wenzel Lothar Metternich, Gerard W. Smith (1881)
"drag through the mud the name of God and the powers instituted by His divine decrees, and the revolution will be prepared ! Speak of a social contract, ..."

4. The Popes and the Hohenstaufen by Ugo Balzani (1898)
"... led by Nogaret and Sciarra, in forcing themselves into the apartments of Boniface VIII., were destined to drag- through the mud the Church which, ..."

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