bum rap »
An undeservedly unfavorable portrayal or reputation.
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eat one's young »
To betray a constituent or charge out of self-serving interests or desperation; savaging.
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go back on »
To be treacherous or faithless to; betray; as, to go back on friends.
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kill off »
To represent or portray as being dead.
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let down »
To disappoint; to betray or fail somebody.
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make a virtue of necessity »
To make the best of a difficult situation; to recast or portray an action or situation in which one has no alternatives as an action or situation which was deliberately chosen on its merits.
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sell down the river »
To betray, especially in a manner which causes serious difficulty for the one betrayed.
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show one's true colors »
To reveal how one really is, as opposed to how one has been portrayed.
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stab in the back »
An act of betrayal or treachery.
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throw under the bus »
To betray or blame; to use as a scapegoat.
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