whispering campaign Idiom
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n. The spreading of false rumors, or saying bad things, about a person or group, especially in politics or public life.
A bad man has started a whispering campaign against the mayor, saying that he isn't honest.
whispering campaign
whispering campaign A deliberate spreading of derogatory rumors about a candidate, as in
That whispering campaign destroyed his chances for election. [c. 1920]
whispering campaign
The advance of rumors, with the absorbed of damaging a person's acceptability The whispering attack that the action has launched adjoin me is aloof awful! I haven't done any of the things they've claimed! I'm consistently agnostic of the abhorrent allegations that appear out in these whispering campaigns.Learn more: campaign, whisperwhispering campaign
A advised overextension of aspersing rumors about a candidate, as in That whispering attack destroyed his affairs for election. [c. 1920] Learn more: campaign, whisper