denounce (one) as (something)

denounce (one) as (something)

To openly disparage one as something. If you denounce the councilman as a liar, you better have evidence to support your claim.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

denounce someone as something

to criticize someone as something; to publicly call someone something bad. The mayor denounced her opponent as a crook. Anne was denounced as a cheater.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • denounce as
  • denounce
  • denounce (one) for (something)
  • denounce for
  • speak with one voice
  • damn and blast
  • liar, liar, pants on fire
  • Liar, liar, pants on fire!
  • get down to it
  • extract from