poison the well
English
Verb
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 with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see poison, the, well.
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