- give something a bad name
- give (something) a bad name
to cause a loss of respect for something.
A few wild fans give soccer a bad name.
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give something a bad name
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give something a bad name — give (something/someone) a bad name to cause people to lose respect for something or someone. A few badly behaved football fans give all football supporters a bad name … New idioms dictionary
give someone a bad name — give (something/someone) a bad name to cause people to lose respect for something or someone. A few badly behaved football fans give all football supporters a bad name … New idioms dictionary
give a bad name — give (something) a bad name to cause a loss of respect for something. A few wild fans give soccer a bad name … New idioms dictionary
give a bad name — give (something/someone) a bad name to cause people to lose respect for something or someone. A few badly behaved football fans give all football supporters a bad name … New idioms dictionary
have a bad name — give (something/someone) a bad name to cause people to lose respect for something or someone. Foreign aid has a bad name because it often fails to help the people most in need … New idioms dictionary
give a bad name — verb To cause people to lose respect, reverence or esteem for something or someone … Wiktionary
name — name1 W1S1 [neım] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(of a person)¦ 2¦(of a thing or place)¦ 3¦(reputation)¦ 4¦(famous person/company/product)¦ 5 call somebody names 6 in somebody s name/in the name of somebody 7 something has somebody s name on it 8 in the name of… … Dictionary of contemporary English
name — [[t]ne͟ɪm[/t]] ♦ names, naming, named 1) N COUNT: usu with poss The name of a person, place, or thing is the word or group of words that is used to identify them. What s his name? Peter. ... I don t even know if Sullivan s his real name... They… … English dictionary
bad — bad1 W1S1 [bæd] adj comparative worse [wə:s US wə:rs] superlative worst [wə:st US wə:rst] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(not good)¦ 2¦(low quality)¦ 3¦(not sensible)¦ 4¦(morally wrong)¦ 5¦(wrong behaviour)¦ 6¦(serious)¦ 7 a bad time/moment etc … Dictionary of contemporary English
name — 1 /neIm/ noun 1 (C) the word that someone or something is called or known by: What s the name of that river? | Her name is Mandy Wilson. | first name/Christian name: Her first name is Mandy. | last name/surname/family name: Her surname is Wilson … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
