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asperse
vs
drag someone's name through the mire
asperse
verb
To falsely or maliciously charge another; to slander.
To sprinkle or scatter (liquid or dust).
drag someone's name through the mire
How often have the words
asperse
and
drag someone's name through the mire
occurred in a corpus of books?
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