dig some dirt up

dig some dirt up (on someone)

Fig. to find out something bad about someone. If you don't stop trying to dig some dirt up on me, I'll get a lawyer and sue you. The citizens' group dug up some dirt on the mayor and used it against her at election time.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Mehetabel	mi-HET-ə-bel (English), mee-HET-ə-bel (English)	Biblical
Ksawery	ksah-VE-ri	Polish
Nix	[niks]
Ansel	AN-səl	English
Muiris	-	Irish
Elsa	EL-sə (English), EL-zah (German), EL-sah (Finnish)	English, German, Swedish, Icelandic, Finnish, Italian