drags name through mud (verb) libel: purposefully lie about someone
Detalii: libel (from Latin libellus 'little book') must be published, while spoken defamatory remarks are slander; libel first meant 'document, written statement'slander is spoken defamation; libel is written or visual or broadcast defamation
Sinonime: buzz*,
call, call up,
contact, dial, get back to, get on the horn, get on the line, give a call, give a jingle, give a ring, make a call, phone,
pick up*, put a call through,
ring, ring up, touch base with
Antonime: tell truth