drag through mud (verb) smear: tarnish a reputation
Sinonime: acknowledge, act as if,
admit,
affirm,
allege,
announce, asseverate,
aver, avouch, avow, blow hot air,
certify,
claim, come out, confess,
confirm, constate, croon, cross heart, depose, dissemble,
fake,
feign, get off chest, get on soapbox,
maintain, make out, open up, own, own up,
predicate,
pretend,
proclaim,
purport, say so,
sing*, soapbox,
spiel*, spout,
state, stump, swear on bible, swear up and down, talk big, vouch
Antonime: conceal,
hide