Timeline for Expression for when a person tries to tarnish the relationships of others out of spite or for personal gain
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Aug 9, 2017 at 20:37 | answer | added | LIN C | timeline score: 3 | |
Aug 9, 2017 at 18:36 | comment | added | Xanne | I think as a formal word, malign might be on target. | |
Aug 9, 2017 at 17:31 | answer | added | thomj1332 | timeline score: 0 | |
Aug 9, 2017 at 14:38 | answer | added | kazhvan | timeline score: 1 | |
Aug 9, 2017 at 8:48 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackEnglish/status/895205134552236032 | ||
Aug 9, 2017 at 8:10 | comment | added | Xanne | Here's another--sabotaging? You already have this term in your description.Sowing seeds of dissension. | |
Aug 9, 2017 at 7:28 | comment | added | Xanne | Putting someone down? Shoveling sand (out from under someone) is an expression from "inside the beltway." | |
Aug 9, 2017 at 6:17 | answer | added | Mari-Lou A | timeline score: 1 | |
Aug 9, 2017 at 5:51 | comment | added | RaceYouAnytime | @Xanne your suggestion is a good one and I upvoted, but it's not the expression I'm trying to recall. Either way, I appreciate all suggestions. As for "undermine," I am personally thinking of an idiomatic expression, not a single word. | |
Aug 9, 2017 at 5:47 | comment | added | Xanne | Does this ring a bell, @RaceYouAnytime, or isn't it the word you recall? Undercut is another option, similar to undermine. | |
Aug 9, 2017 at 4:33 | answer | added | Xanne | timeline score: 1 | |
Aug 9, 2017 at 4:31 | comment | added | rajah9 | "Undermine" is a great word for the context. (Any reason to not use "undermine"?) If she were trying to recruit them for her new position, she would be "poaching." | |
Aug 9, 2017 at 4:19 | history | asked | RaceYouAnytime | CC BY-SA 3.0 |