dig the dirt

also dig up dirt

to try to find out bad things about someone in order to stop other people admiring them (often + on ) No effort is being spared to dig up dirt on the enemy.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Freddy	FRED-ee	English
Kepa	-	Basque
Gita	-	Indian, Hindi
Sidika	-	Turkish
Rupert	RUY-pərt (Dutch), ROO-pərt (English), RUW-pert (Polish)	German, Dutch, English, Polish
Archie	['a:tʃ]