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
Domenico	-	Italian
Flavianus	-	Ancient Roman
ĐOrĐE	-	Serbian
Darius	də-RIE-əs (English), DER-ee-əs (English), DAR-ee-əs (English)	English, Lithuanian, Romanian, Biblical, Biblical Latin
MaŠA	-	Slovene, Croatian
Lynda	['lində]