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
Feliciana	fe-lee-THYAH-nah (Spanish), fe-lee-SYAH-nah (Latin American Spanish), fay-lee-CHYAH-nah (Italian)	Spanish, Italian, Late Roman
Sousanna	-	Biblical Greek
Biserka	-	Croatian, Serbian
Edmao	ed-MAW	Limburgish
Ignacio	eeg-NAH-thyo (Spanish), eeg-NAH-syo (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish
Josephina	jo-sə-FEEN-ə	English (Rare)