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put the bad mouth on

put the bad mouth on verb: to speak ill of; to vilify.

Verb

put the bad mouth on (third-person singular simple present puts the bad mouth on, present participle putting the bad mouth on, simple past and past participle put the bad mouth on)

  1. (idiomatic) To speak ill of; to vilify.

Forms of put the bad mouth on

third-person singular presentputs the bad mouth on
present participleputting the bad mouth on
past participleput the bad mouth on
pastput the bad mouth on

Origin of put the bad mouth on

Compare badmouth.

Questions about put the bad mouth on

What does put the bad mouth on mean?
Put the bad mouth on means to speak ill of; to vilify.
What part of speech is put the bad mouth on?
Put the bad mouth on is a verb.
What is the past tense of put the bad mouth on?
The past tense of put the bad mouth on is put the bad mouth on.

Words near put the bad mouth on in the dictionary

  1. put straight
  2. put that in your hat
  3. put that in your hat and wear it
  4. put that in your pipe and smoke it
  5. put the arm on someone
  6. put the bad mouth on
  7. put the bee on
  8. put the beggar on the gentleman
  9. put the bite on
  10. put the blame on
  11. put the boot in

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