poison the well
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English
[edit]Verb
[edit]poison the well (third-person singular simple present poisons the well, present participle poisoning the well, simple past and past participle poisoned the well)
- (intransitive) To preemptively raise ad hominem arguments in order to discredit someone.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see poison, the, well.
Translations
[edit]raise ad hominem arguments
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