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dirt

1. n. low, worthless people. (Singular with the force of plural.) I am not dirt. I’m just temporarily financially embarrassed.

2. n. gossip; scandal; incriminating secrets; dirty linen. What’s the dirt on Taylor?

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• air (one's) dirty laundry in public
• common as an old shoe
• curly dirt
• dig some dirt up
• dig the dirt
• dig up
• dig up dirt
• dirt
• dirt cheap
• dirt file
• dirt nap
• dirt-poor
• dish the dirt
• dish the dirt (on
• do dirt
• do someone dirt
• eat crow
• hit pay dirt
• hit the deck
• hit the dirt
• pay dirt
• pay dirt, hit
• rub nose in it
• strike pay dirt
• take a dirt nap
• Throw dirt enough, and some will stick
• treat like dirt
• wash (one's) dirty linen in public
• You have to eat a peck of dirt before you die