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
Iairus	-	Biblical Latin
GiedrĖ	-	Lithuanian
Otieno	-	Eastern African, Luo
Zoe	ZO-ee (English), DZO-e (Italian)	English, Greek, Italian, Ancient Greek
EugÉNie	uu-zhe-NEE	French
Suibne	-	Irish