"damn by association" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "damns by association",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "damning by association",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "damned by association",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "damned by association",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "damn by association (third-person singular simple present damns by association, present participle damning by association, simple past and past participle damned by association)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To discredit or condemn (someone or something, such as a position) by attacking someone or something associated."
      ],
      "id": "en-damn_by_association-en-verb-Kc27liPf",
      "links": [
        [
          "discredit",
          "discredit"
        ],
        [
          "condemn",
          "condemn"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To discredit or condemn (someone or something, such as a position) by attacking someone or something associated."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "appeal to ridicule"
        },
        {
          "word": "guilt by association"
        },
        {
          "word": "reductio ad Hitlerum"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "damn by association"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "damns by association",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "damning by association",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "damned by association",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "damned by association",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "damn by association (third-person singular simple present damns by association, present participle damning by association, simple past and past participle damned by association)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "appeal to ridicule"
    },
    {
      "word": "guilt by association"
    },
    {
      "word": "reductio ad Hitlerum"
    }
  ],
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        "English transitive verbs",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To discredit or condemn (someone or something, such as a position) by attacking someone or something associated."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "discredit",
          "discredit"
        ],
        [
          "condemn",
          "condemn"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To discredit or condemn (someone or something, such as a position) by attacking someone or something associated."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "Australia"
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      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "damn by association"
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