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dig up dirtTo examine in order to find negative information for public opinion, usually with the purpose of embarrassing or discrediting a person.Rate it:

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dirt-poorIn a condition of extreme poverty.Rate it:

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throw dirt enough, and some will stickIf enough allegations are made about someone or something, then even if they are all untrue, people's opinion of the person or thing will be diminished.1759, John Wesley, letter to John Downes, Rector of St. Michael's, Wood Street, read at Wesley Center Online at on 14 Oct 06.I hope...that you are ignorant of the whole affair, and are so bold only because you are blind...And blind enough; so that you blunder on through thick and thin, bespattering all that come in your way, according to the old, laudable maxim, 'Throw dirt enough, and some will stick.'1857, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown's Schooldays, read at fullbooks.com on 14 Oct 06,But whatever harm a spiteful tongue could do them, he took care should be done. Only throw dirt enough, and some will stick.1864, John Henry Newman, Apologia Pro Vita Sua, Penguin Classics (1994), p. 10,Archbishop Whately used to say Rate it:

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take a dirt napTo die.Rate it:

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dirt cheapInexpensiveRate it:

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dirt fileA compilation of negative gossip or facts about someone.Rate it:

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dirt napA state of permanent rest; the state of death.Rate it:

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dish the dirtTo tell salacious gossip.Rate it:

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leave you into the dirtSomeone pushes you away, and forgets you.Rate it:

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treat like dirtto treat someone badly, especially with disrespect or contemptRate it:

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dig deepTry especially hard.Rate it:

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dig inTo begin eating.Rate it:

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dig inTo make a burst of hard work.Rate it:

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dig in one's heelsTo act in a determined manner by firmly maintaining one's beliefs, demands, situation, etc. in the face of opposition.Rate it:

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dig intoTo begin eating heartily.Rate it:

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dig intoTo research a particular subject.Rate it:

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dig one's own graveTo behave in a way that is likely to have future negative effects on oneself.Rate it:

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dig oneself in a holeTo put oneself in even more trouble.Rate it:

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dig outTo find, or retrieve something by removing overlying material, or material that hides itRate it:

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dig outUsed other than as an idiom: see dig, out.Rate it:

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dig out of a holeTo save someone or something from trouble.Rate it:

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dig upTo discover something by digging; to unearth.Rate it:

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dig upTo excavate something.Rate it:

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repudium remittere viro (Dig. 24. 3)to separate (of the woman).Rate it:

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to dig your own graveGet deeper in trouble by complicating matters further.Rate it:

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Clean As a WhistlePerfectly neat and not having any traces of dirtRate it:

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pan outBy swirling dirt or crushed rock in a pan of water, in the manner of a traditional prospector seeking gold.Rate it:

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root upTo dig or pull up by the roots; to deracinate.Rate it:

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barrow manA man under sentence of transportation; alluding to the convicts at Woolwich, who are principally employed in wheeling barrows full of brick or dirt.Rate it:

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acheter à vil prixTo buy dirt cheap, for a mere song.Rate it:

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cowboy showerA simple shower in a horse trailer's living area to remove the dirt and grime associated with working around livestock.Rate it:

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dickyDicky dirt = a shirt, meaning a shirt with a collar.Rate it:

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get outTo clean something. To eliminate dirt or stains.Rate it:

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rake over old coalsTo bring back old problems; to dig up old trouble.Rate it:

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stock upTo extirpate; to dig up.Rate it:

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wallow in the mireUsed other than as an idiom. To roll around in mud or dirtRate it:

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