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What is another word for do a hatchet job on?

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To cause to seem less impressive or valuable

To cause to seem less impressive or valuable

To sully the good name of someone

Verb

To cause to seem less impressive or valuable

criticize severely

throw brickbats at

give something a battering

give someone bondi

criticize harshly

give something a bad press

find fault with

give someone a bad press

give a bad press to

inveigh against

fulminate against

cast aspersions on

vituperate against

haul over the coals

give some stick to

tear a strip off

read the riot act

give someone hell

tear off a strip

give someone a roasting

remonstrate with

rap over the knuckles

give someone a dressing-down

give someone a bollocking

give someone a rollicking

rake over the coals

go for the jugular

let someone have it

pass strictures upon

give a talking-to

jump down one's throat

slap on the wrist

call over the coals

assault verbally

animadvert upon

jump down someone's throat

show someone up

jump on one's case

bite someone's head off

snap someone's head off

expose to ridicule

hold up to shame

lay down the law

cut to the quick

blacken someone's reputation

give the business

bring under fire

give a tongue-lashing

burn someone's ears

review unfavorably

criticize strongly

declaim against

give a black eye

pin your ears back

put someone on the griddle

put someone on the hot seat

give someone a caning

give someone some stick

give someone an earful

give someone a mouthful

give someone a telling-off

give someone a wigging

send someone away with a flea in their ear

rap someone the knuckles

give someone what for

drag over the coals

give someone a row

give someone a rating

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“After the scandal, the media tried to do a hatchet job on the politician, highlighting every mistake from their past to make them seem less impressive.”

Verb

To cause to seem less impressive or valuable

cast aspersions on

cut down to size

give comeuppance

knock off high horse

drag through the mud

blacken the name of

inveigh against

fulminate against

give a bad name

throw brickbats at

spread lies about

sully the reputation of

take down a peg

bring into disrepute

look down one's nose at

blacken the character of

conduct a smear campaign against

blacken the reputation of

find fault with

cut to the quick

give a black eye

take a swipe at

shoot full of holes

criticize unfairly

speak of with disfavour

be unkind about

be malicious about

take the piss out of

treat with contempt

take the mickey

poke mullock at

make jokes about

hold up to ridicule

treat contemptuously

be sarcastic about

make a monkey of

blow raspberries

cock a snook at

laugh out of court

turn up one's nose

make a monkey out of

rake over the coals

hold in contempt

give a talking-to

give Bronx cheer

lay down the law

show contempt for

hold up to shame

laugh in the face of

treat with disdain

be scornful about

bite one's thumb at

make cutting remarks about

have a crack at

say contemptuously

curl your lip at

be contemptuous of

turn your nose up at

make someone a laughing stock

expose to ridicule

make a laughing-stock

express contempt

hold up to scorn

turn up one's nose at

shout disapproval

give a hard time

give someone a bollocking

slap on the wrist

give someone hell

read the riot act

tear a strip off

haul over the coals

remonstrate with

tear off a strip

give someone a rollicking

rap over the knuckles

give someone a roasting

blacken someone's reputation

vituperate against

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Verb

To sully the good name of someone

cast aspersions on

spread lies about

blacken the name of

blacken the reputation of

conduct a smear campaign against

sully the reputation of

drag through the mud

bring discredit to

give a bad name

drag through the mire

spread scandal about

give a black eye

reflect badly on

bring into disrepute

bring shame upon

run smear campaign

tar and feather

rip up and down

tell lies about

blacken someone's name

run a smear campaign against

drag someone's name through the mud

sully someone's reputation

drag someone's name through the mire

write false reports about

spread tales about

drag name through mud

defame someone's character

sully someone's name

injure the reputation of

tarnish someone's name

soil someone's name

taint someone's name

stain someone's good name

blacken someone's character

drag through mud

blacken the character of

put in a bad light

show in a bad light

ruin the reputation of

bring into disfavour

damage someone's reputation

destroy someone's credibility

give a bad name to

bring dishonour to

reflect negatively

damage the reputation of

harm the reputation of

muddy the reputation of

cast in a bad light

lower the status of

be prejudicial to

take down a peg

cause to lose face

cut down to size

make someone eat crow

take down a peg or two

put someone in their place

cut to the quick

kick in the teeth

slap in the face

hit where one lives

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