put the bad mouth on

English

Etymology

Compare badmouth.

Verb

put the bad mouth on (third-person singular simple present puts the bad mouth on, present participle putting the bad mouth on, simple past and past participle put the bad mouth on)

1. (idiomatic) To speak ill of; to vilify.

Further reading

• “put the bad mouth on”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present