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Also, give someone or something a bad name . Spoil the reputation of, as in Late deliveries are giving the company a bad name . The use of bad name (sometimes put as ill name ) dates from about 1400, and the proverb “He that hath a ill name is half hanged” was included in numerous collections from 1546 on.Advertisement
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