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blot your copybook
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(Definition of blot your copybook from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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SMART Thesaurus: Damaging reputation
Synonyms and related words:
- besmirch verb
- black mark noun
- blacken verb (SPOIL)
- calumny noun
- character assassination noun
- give a dog a bad name idiom
- hurl/throw/sling mud at sb idiom
- impugn verb
- libel noun
- mudslinging noun
- show someone in a bad light idiom
- slander noun
- slander verb
- slur noun (CRITICISM)
- slur verb (CRITICIZE)
- smear noun (ACCUSING)
- smear verb (ACCUSE)
- stab noun
- sully verb
- vilify verb
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